The Radiant Body (Memoir)

In this excerpt from Oksana Marafioti's upcoming memoir, “All Of Us Fragile And Brave,” a visit to an ossuary in Brno illuminates the importance of storytelling for her and her Romani ancestors.

(Book excerpt from “All Of Us Fragile And Brave.”)

By Oksana Marafioti,

Lina and I boarded our bus in Prague and arrived in Brno, where later that afternoon, I was scheduled to read from my book at the Brno Museum of Romani Culture. Lina, as my book translator, would be reading in Czech.

Before…