by Marta Maretich | Nov 27, 2016 | Nigeria, The Possibility of Lions
by Marta Maretich I am a Nigerian. You wouldn’t guess it to look at me and when I reveal this fact to other Nigerians, they tend to laugh politely and edge away, thinking, “Clearly, this white lady is a little nuts!” But it’s 100% true. I was born in Port Harcourt.... 
by Marta Maretich | Nov 23, 2016 | Literacy, Nigeria, The Possibility of Lions, Writing and reading
by Marta Maretich General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu died on November 26, 2011—and, with him died a small piece of my history. Ojukwu couldn’t have known it, but he is partly responsible for the person I am today. The General and I go all the way back. As a... 
by Marta Maretich | Oct 25, 2014 | The Possibility of Lions
Despite the fact that all writers like to think of themselves as unique, we Open Door writers can’t call ourselves a special breed. In common with writers everywhere we share the following characteristics: We love books—reading them as well as writing them—and... 
by Marta Maretich | Oct 25, 2014 | Literacy, The Possibility of Lions, Writing and reading
It’s funny how writing projects take shape. Sometimes they come together in hours — a flood of inspiration. Sometimes they congeal slowly over many years. The Possibility of Lions, my new novella, has taken a decade to find its voice. Short as it is, it... 
by Marta Maretich | Oct 23, 2014 | The Possibility of Lions
Proliteracy likes Possibility New Readers Press, the publishing arm of ProLiteracy, one of America’s leading literacy advocates, has chosen The Possibility of Lions to include in its latest online catalogue. Possibility was selected along with five other Open... 
by Marta Maretich | Oct 23, 2014 | The Possibility of Lions, Writing and reading
Michael McClure is an American poet with a career stretching back to the Beat generation. In the attached clip McClure puts aside his tambourine to go the the San Francisco zoo to recite “Tantra 49″, a poem from his 1964 collection Ghost Tantras, to caged lions. The... 