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 | 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 20, 2014 | The Possibility of Lions
Friends and readers of The Possibility of Lions have been contacting me to point out the similarities between the plot of my novella and the recent, tragic events in Ohio where Terry Thompson took his own life after freeing his menagerie of exotic animals. Real life... 