Lisa Maria Burgess
Author | Taos, NM and Beijing, China |
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Lisa Maria Burgess wrote the Tanzania Juma Stories with her young sons when she taught literature at the University of Dar es Salaam. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. She grew up in Mexico and the United States, and has since lived in China, South Afr.... more
Lisa Maria Burgess wrote the Tanzania Juma Stories with her young sons when she taught literature at the University of Dar es Salaam. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. She grew up in Mexico and the United States, and has since lived in China, South Africa, Gabon, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. She currently divides her time between Beijing, China and Taos, New Mexico.
