This week we visit Mildred Barya in Asheville, NC. Mildred is a native of Kabale, Uganda and the author of four books of poetry: The Animals of My Earth School, Men Love Chocolates But They Don't Say, The Price of Memory: After the Tsunami, and Give Me Room to Move My Feet. She is currently Associate Professor of Creative Writing & World Literature at the University of North Carolina - Asheville. 

For more on Mildred's life and work: mildredbarya.com

Mildred's Books on the Bed: 

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The Book of Chameleons by Jose Eduardo Agualusa

The Tarot Companion by Liz Dean

Artful by Ali Smith

Drinking from the River of Light by Mark Nepo

Still I Rise (Poem) by Maya Angelou

Matt's Gifts for Mildred:

The Earth Keeper by N. Scott Momaday

We Are Each Other's Harvest by Natalie Baszile

Episode timeline:

0:00 - 5:15 — Intro

5:16 - 43:15 — Gifts for Mildred and stories of Mildred's life

43:16 - 1:32:11 — Mildred's Books on the Bed