Tag: James Matthews

Read More
Africa

‘Performing poetry is a naked affair, but I’d rather be naked than take up residence behind a mask’—Khadija Tracey Heeger in conversation with Makhosazana Xaba

Makhosazana XabaLeave a Comment on ‘Performing poetry is a naked affair, but I’d rather be naked than take up residence behind a mask’—Khadija Tracey Heeger in conversation with Makhosazana Xaba

This is the tenth in a series of long-form interviews by Patron Makhosazana Xaba to be hosted on The JRB,…

Read More
Poetry

Writing Athlone—Gabeba Baderoon’s latest poetry collection The History of Intimacy maps the small hurts of apartheid, writes Toni Giselle Stuart

Toni Giselle StuartLeave a Comment on Writing Athlone—Gabeba Baderoon’s latest poetry collection The History of Intimacy maps the small hurts of apartheid, writes Toni Giselle Stuart

Toni Giselle Stuart reviews Gabeba Baderoon’s poetry collection The History of Intimacy, which won the 2019 University of Johannesburg Main…

Read More
Fiction

‘I have turned my car into a mobile bookshop’—Siphiwo Mahala chats to Jennifer Malec about self-publishing his new book, Red Apple Dreams, and why short stories are the future

Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on ‘I have turned my car into a mobile bookshop’—Siphiwo Mahala chats to Jennifer Malec about self-publishing his new book, Red Apple Dreams, and why short stories are the future

The JRB Editor Jennifer Malec chats to Siphiwo Mahala about his new collection of short stories, Red Apple Dreams. Mahala…