Namwali Serpell

C. Namwali Serpell “The Sack” | Short Story #335

Samantha Neugebauer

February 10, 2020

*This video has many problems: lighting, weird ending, excessive “likes”…apologies.

2020 Short Stories

fiction, Namwali Serpell, short fiction, Short Stories, The Sack, Zambia, Zambian fiction
Violet Allen “The Venus Effect” | Short Story #334

Samantha Neugebauer

February 4, 2020

story: “The Venus Effect” author: Violet Allen year: 2015 where: Temporary office. I just finished teaching Namwali Serpell’s “The Banality of Empathy” and I am currently cringing at my younger self who believed that art encourages empathy and that empathy will SAVE US ALL! note: “The Banality of Empathy” led me to this amazing short…

2020 Short Stories

Bertolt Brecht, Empathy, Experimental Fiction, Hannah Arendt, Lightspeed Magazine, Namwali Serpell, science fiction, The Venus Effect, Violet Allen