Onstage Event #2 What We Carry

A profound and stylistically daring debut novel from an accomplished poet, We, the Kindling maps the terrain of brutality and survival, suffusing the worlds of these girls and women with an unforgettable humanity. Stories narrated by six fictional women give voice to the real-life victims of a reign of child kidnappings that terrorized Uganda for decades. Many did not return; those who did bore the weight of unspeakable burdens to family and communities that preferred to look away.