What inspired you to write your memoir? I taught in urban schools for fifteen years, and during that time did a LOT of writing about teaching. SEARCHING FOR MALUMBA is the best of that fifteen years of writing; I am primarily a science fiction/fantasy author but I always wanted to do a book about teaching as well. This is it. About your Book: Luther M. Siler's long-awaited book about teaching, SEARCHING FOR MALUMBA collects nearly 150 of the best of his essays and blog posts from 15 years … [Read more...] about Searching for Malumba: Why Teaching is Terrible… and Why We Do it Anyway by Luther M. Siler