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‘One travels in ideas as well as trains’—Simon van Schalkwyk interviews PR Anderson on his new collection of poetry, Night Transit

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023Simon van SchalkwykLeave a Comment on ‘One travels in ideas as well as trains’—Simon van Schalkwyk interviews PR Anderson on his new collection of poetry, Night Transit

Academic Editor Simon van Schalkwyk talks to PR Anderson about travelling to places you’ve never been, the viciousness of history,…

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News

Chris Mann, 1948—2021, RIP

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021The JRB2 Comments on Chris Mann, 1948—2021, RIP

The noted South African poet, playwright, academic and performer Chris Mann has died, it has been reported. According to a…

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Fiction

‘Among the most gifted writers currently at work’—Patrick Flanery reviews The Troubled Times of Magrieta Prinsloo by Ingrid Winterbach

September 2, 2019September 11, 2019Patrick Flanery1 Comment on ‘Among the most gifted writers currently at work’—Patrick Flanery reviews The Troubled Times of Magrieta Prinsloo by Ingrid Winterbach

The Troubled Times of Magrieta Prinsloo by Ingrid Winterbach offers us one of the most chilling and fearless portraits of…

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Africa

‘It began with a burial site’: Nadia Davids on her new work, What Remains, a play about slavery and the haunted city

July 3, 2017November 2, 2017Nadia Davids14 Comments on ‘It began with a burial site’: Nadia Davids on her new work, What Remains, a play about slavery and the haunted city

All that is buried is not dead. —Olive Schreiner, The Story of an African Farm Ant swarming City City full…

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