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ZALIKA REID-BENTA is a Canadian author. Her debut novel River Mumma was shortlisted for the 2024 Trillium Book Award and was listed as one of the best fiction books of 2023 on numerous platforms. Her debut story collection, Frying Plantain, won the 2020 Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the 2020 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Literary Fiction. Her picture book The Twelve Days of Jamaican Christmas will be published in 2026.
Frying Plantain . . . brims with wit and compassion.-- ""Foreword Reviews"" Frying Plantain deftly chips away at white dismissals of privilege, obscuring the lines between short story and novel . . . It documents a unique and complex cultural space that's under threat, while acknowledging the challenges of living a hyphenated life. It reminds us that individuals remain bound to their cultural experience -- their quirks and fixations stubbornly wrapped up as metaphorical leftovers.-- ""Literary Review of Canada"" Reid-Benta is a natural storyteller . . . This splendid collection marks her as a writer to watch.-- ""Booklist"" These stories are readable and relatable. They hit the sweet spot between having something to say and still being the kind of read you can immerse yourself in, a rare combination.-- ""Globe and Mail""
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