"Static"

Submitted by LT_Sargent on Sat, 05/28/2022 - 19:37

Title	"Static"
Year for Search	2021
Authors	Abdulkareem, Alithnayn
Secondary Authors	Zadok, Rachel(b. 1972), Szczurek, Karina Magdalena, and Snyman, Jason
Secondary Title	The Johannesburg Review of Books
Volume / Edition	5.3
Date Published	June 23, 2021
ISBN Number	9781946395573
Keywords	Female author, Nigerian author
Annotation	The story is set in a future where Earth has been devastated by climate change and the rich are leaving for space and is told from the perspective of an African woman who has been selected to immigrate to improve the diversity of the inhabitants. Her lover chooses to stay on Earth. It was the second runner up in the 2019/2020 Short Story Day Africa Prize.
Additional Publishers	Rpt. in Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa. Ed. Rachel Zadok, Karina Magdalena Szczurek, and Jason Mykl Snyman (Np: Short Story Day Africa, 2021), 15-27.
URL	[The JRB Daily] [Exclusive] Read ‘Static’ by Alithnayn Abdulkareem, 2nd Runner-up in the 2019/20 Short Story Day Africa Prize – The Johannesburg Review of Books
Info Notes	The story was the second runner up in the 2019/2020 Short Story Day Africa Prize.
Author Note	Nigerian female author
Full Text	2021 Abdulkareem, Alithnayn. “Static.” The Johannesburg Review of Books 5.3 (June 23, 2021). [The JRB Daily] [Exclusive] Read ‘Static’ by Alithnayn Abdulkareem, 2nd Runner-up in the 2019/20 Short Story Day Africa Prize – The Johannesburg Review of Books. Rpt. in Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa. Ed. Rachel Zadok, Karina Magdalena Szczurek, and Jason Mykl Snyman (Np: Short Story Day Africa, 2021), 15-27. PU The story is set in a future where Earth has been devastated by climate change and the rich are leaving for space and is told from the perspective of an African woman who has been selected to immigrate to improve the diversity of the inhabitants. Her lover chooses to stay on Earth. It was the second runner up in the 2019/2020 Short Story Day Africa Prize. Nigerian female author.