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Review: In a burning sea by Marlise Joubert
2014-12-10 "And whatever translation does not achieve ... it does allow for a reimagining of Afrikaans poetry and successfully presents an indication of the scope of the creativity and leitmotifs in contemporary Afrikaans poetry."
One Man vs "One Man"
2014-12-04 James Woodhouse, publisher at Kwela, tells Naomi Meyer about a literary coincidence – some real life crime fiction.
Review like nobody's watching
2014-12-02 Within South Africa's claustrophobic literary scene everybody is too afraid to write bad book reviews. Fiona Snyckers tells Naomi Meyer what needs to be done.
Review: Tales of the Metric System by Imraan Coovadia
2014-11-19 "'(N)ovels are more important than ever … because they enable us to exercise our minds … allow us to step back and see where the history is taking us.' Coovadia’s latest testifies not only to the truth of this statement, but also to so much more."
To whom does a music genre belong?
2014-11-19 "Is it politically accurate to speak of 'white' or 'black' music? Why do we commonly designate hip hop to gangsters, reggae to Rastafarians, gospel to converted Christians, and bubblegum pop to teenage girls?"
Beatenberg's Matthew Field: "I try not to allow myself to think about international listeners too much."
2014-11-18 "think some writer once said you should 'write as though you are writing to one person only', and that makes sense to me. As a response to your question, I offer a kind of inversion of this rule, that you should write as though you are writing as one person only. "
Call for Papers: Colloquium on "Print Culture and Colonisation in Africa"
2014-11-03 Postgraduate students as well as established researchers are invited to submit abstracts by 31 January 2015.
Joint review – Heaven: New and Selected Poems and Holding Back
2014-10-27 "Gus Ferguson and Douglas Reid Skinner are generous poets who live in their works as real characters (worried, bereaved, amused, enamoured) and who mind about their readers."
Ingrid Jonker award ceremony speech
2014-10-10 Karin Schimke says she is "deeply moved by this honour".
Review: Entanglement by Steven Boykey Sidley
2014-10-10 Professor Jared Borowitz observes that the trouble with the universe is that “it has tricks and unpleasant surprises and irritating little quirks, and refuses to be ordered.”
Review: Tokoloshe Song by Andrew Salomon
2014-10-10 Tokoloshe Song, Salomon’s first published novel, is a fantasy laced with horror and humour.
Interview: Arthur Attwell explains the impact of the South African Department of Basic Education’s proposed new policy
2014-10-07 Arthur Attwell explains the impact of the South African Department of Basic Education’s proposed new policy: "Different learners need different kinds of textbooks, chosen school by school for their specific needs."
A tribute to the late Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane (1948–2014)
2014-10-02 "On Saturday, February 15 the sun set on one of South Africa’s pre-eminent black scholars and writers, Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane."
Review: The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself by Penny Busetto
2014-10-02 "How do we find our place in the world if our vision of ourselves is never fully consonant with the self-narratives we would like to believe?"
Review: A sportful malice by Michiel Heyns
2014-10-02 "A Sportful Malice is a very funny book, fully accomplishing its subtitle 'A Comedy of Revenge'. The high points of comedy and satire are in the dialogue, especially the extended conversations in which Michael unwittingly reveals his pretentions and shallowness."
Karin Schimke on Bare & Breaking
2014-10-01 Karin Schimke is the winner of the Ingrid Jonker prize for her debut collection of poetry, Bare & Breaking.
Interview: Richard Poplak on Until Julius comes
2014-10-01 "I would not say I chose Julius Malema. He chose me."
Review of Divided Lives: Dreams of a Mother and Daughter by Lyndall Gordon
2014-09-29 "Literary history has a tendency to focus on the great deeds of renowned men. Women’s lives often end up sinking like dresses in a lagoon, pushed down by the rudders of ignorance and neglect. Lyndall Gordon’s writing inflates them with life-saving breath which allows them to float and sparkle in the sunlight of recognition."
Melville: Dyer in Coversation with Vladislavi?, 6 October
2014-09-29 Love Books and Wits School of Literature, Language and Media invite you to a conversation between Geoff Dyer and Ivan Vladislavi?.