From Our Soundbooth | December 10, 2005

Timothy Bascom: “A Vocabulary for My Senses”

Timothy Bascom reads a selection from his lyrical memoir of his childhood in Ethiopia.

Timothy Bascom has published essays in Image: A Journal of the Arts and Religion, The Other Side and the in-flight magazine of China Airlines (Dynasty). He is the author of the novel Squatters’ Rites (New Day Press, Philippines) and a collection of essays titled The Comfort Trap (InterVarsity Press). His is currently writing a memoir about his childhood in Ethiopia and he earned an MFA in the nonfiction writing program at the University of Iowa. [2004]

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