{"id":330,"date":"2017-03-13T16:50:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T14:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/?p=330"},"modified":"2017-03-13T16:59:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T14:59:36","slug":"quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quarterly Conversation review  Cockroaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The literary magazine <strong> The Quarterly Conversation <\/strong> has published a review by Tara Cheesman-Olmsted on my latest book, &#8216;<em><a href = \"http:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/cockroaches\/\"target =\" _ blank \"> Cockroaches <\/a> <\/em>&#8216;, edited by Archipelago Books.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nYou can also read the interview of Jordan Stump, the American translator of &#8216;Cockroaches&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/quarterlyconversation.com\/cockroaches-by-scholastique-mukasonga\" target=\"_blank\">Read the whole article<\/a> on The Quarterly Conversation site.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The opening pages of Cockroaches, Mukasonga\u2019s memoir about the Rwandan genocide and the decades surrounding it, introduces a distinctive narrative style and framework onto the story that follows. Mukasonga creates an intimate space where she can speak. She seats us across the table and, in hushed tones (her children sleeping in the next room), shares her memories.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>The Quarterly Conversation<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Tara Cheesman-Olmsted<\/strong>  <em>is a blogger, freelance critic and active member in an online community dedicated to promoting international authors &#038; books in translation. Her reviews can be found across the internet \u2013 including the sites The Rumpus, Necessary Fiction, Book Riot, The Quarterly Conversation &#038; Harriet (the blog of the Poetry Foundation). She was a panelist at the 2015 PEN World Voices Festival in New York City and is a voting member of the National Book Critics Circle. Since 2009 she\u2019s written the blog Reader At Large (formerly BookSexy Review) under the pen name tolmsted. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The literary magazine The Quarterly Conversation has published a review by Tara Cheesman-Olmsted on my latest book, &#8216; Cockroaches &#8216;, edited by Archipelago Books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23,34,35,17,10,57],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Quarterly Conversation review Cockroaches by S. Mukasonga<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The literary magazine The Quarterly Conversation has published a review by Tara Cheesman-Olmsted on my latest book, &#039;Cockroaches &#039;....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Quarterly Conversation review Cockroaches by S. Mukasonga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The literary magazine The Quarterly Conversation has published a review by Tara Cheesman-Olmsted on my latest book, &#039;Cockroaches &#039;....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Official Website of Scholastique Mukasonga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-13T14:50:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-03-13T14:59:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/the-quaterly-conversation-logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scholastique\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scholastique\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Scholastique\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23\"},\"headline\":\"The Quarterly Conversation review Cockroaches\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-13T14:50:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-03-13T14:59:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/\"},\"wordCount\":205,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23\"},\"keywords\":[\"archipelago books\",\"Cockroaches\",\"genocide\",\"review\",\"Rwanda\",\"The Quarterly Conversation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Reviews\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/\",\"name\":\"The Quarterly Conversation review Cockroaches by S. Mukasonga\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-13T14:50:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-03-13T14:59:36+00:00\",\"description\":\"The literary magazine The Quarterly Conversation has published a review by Tara Cheesman-Olmsted on my latest book, 'Cockroaches '....\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Quarterly Conversation review Cockroaches\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/\",\"name\":\"The Official Website of Scholastique Mukasonga\",\"description\":\"The Official Web Site of Rwandan Author Scholastique Mukasonga, author of the novels Lady of the Nile\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23\",\"name\":\"Scholastique\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/scholastique-mukasonga-rentr\u00e9e-litt\u00e9raire-290x290.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/scholastique-mukasonga-rentr\u00e9e-litt\u00e9raire-290x290.jpg\",\"width\":290,\"height\":290,\"caption\":\"Scholastique\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/author\/amin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Quarterly Conversation review Cockroaches by S. Mukasonga","description":"The literary magazine The Quarterly Conversation has published a review by Tara Cheesman-Olmsted on my latest book, 'Cockroaches '....","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Quarterly Conversation review Cockroaches by S. Mukasonga","og_description":"The literary magazine The Quarterly Conversation has published a review by Tara Cheesman-Olmsted on my latest book, 'Cockroaches '....","og_url":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/","og_site_name":"The Official Website of Scholastique Mukasonga","article_published_time":"2017-03-13T14:50:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-03-13T14:59:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":350,"height":350,"url":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/the-quaterly-conversation-logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Scholastique","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scholastique","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/"},"author":{"name":"Scholastique","@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23"},"headline":"The Quarterly Conversation review Cockroaches","datePublished":"2017-03-13T14:50:35+00:00","dateModified":"2017-03-13T14:59:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/"},"wordCount":205,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23"},"keywords":["archipelago books","Cockroaches","genocide","review","Rwanda","The Quarterly Conversation"],"articleSection":["Reviews"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/","url":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/","name":"The Quarterly Conversation review Cockroaches by S. Mukasonga","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-03-13T14:50:35+00:00","dateModified":"2017-03-13T14:59:36+00:00","description":"The literary magazine The Quarterly Conversation has published a review by Tara Cheesman-Olmsted on my latest book, 'Cockroaches '....","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/quarterly-conversation-review-cockroaches\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Quarterly Conversation review Cockroaches"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/","name":"The Official Website of Scholastique Mukasonga","description":"The Official Web Site of Rwandan Author Scholastique Mukasonga, author of the novels Lady of the Nile","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fb5dc0457e5e54624b20e414e86c9a23","name":"Scholastique","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/scholastique-mukasonga-rentr\u00e9e-litt\u00e9raire-290x290.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/scholastique-mukasonga-rentr\u00e9e-litt\u00e9raire-290x290.jpg","width":290,"height":290,"caption":"Scholastique"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"url":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/author\/amin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336,"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}