Melissa Tandiwe Myambo was shortlisted for the 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing. She is the author of Jacaranda Journals (www.jacarandajournals.com), a collection of short stories set in Zimbabwe. She is currently working on a new collection entitled Airport Stories. {Parenthesis} contains four of her previously published stories including her Caine Prize-shortlisted story “La Salle de Départ.” Watch Melissa Tandiwe Myambo being interviewed about her 2012 shortlisted story: http://youtu.be/Pnu1tOUOfVAe