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‘An open-hearted refusal of the atomised world’—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Hedley Twidle’s new collection of essays, Show Me the Place

June 11, 2024June 11, 2024Wamuwi MbaoLeave a Comment on ‘An open-hearted refusal of the atomised world’—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Hedley Twidle’s new collection of essays, Show Me the Place

In Show Me the Place, Hedley Twidle displays an earnest curiosity about how to inhabit a world that seems to…

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Fiction

‘An excellent example of the reviewer’s least favourite thing’—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang

August 17, 2023August 17, 2023Wamuwi Mbao2 Comments on ‘An excellent example of the reviewer’s least favourite thing’—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang

In Yellowface, the contrast is turned up so brightly that the shadows disappear, writes Wamuwi Mbao, but it’s the darkness…

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