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Tracing the rich tapestry of Black British life—Adekeye Adebajo reviews Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation by Colin Grant

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020Adekeye AdebajoLeave a Comment on Tracing the rich tapestry of Black British life—Adekeye Adebajo reviews Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation by Colin Grant

Colin Grant’s Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation is an important and valuable text that has captured the voices that…

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AfricaSouth Africa

How to write beautifully about our horrible, hysterical present—Jennifer Malec reviews Ali Smith’s new novel, Spring

July 1, 2019May 10, 2021Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on How to write beautifully about our horrible, hysterical present—Jennifer Malec reviews Ali Smith’s new novel, Spring

The JRB Editor Jennifer Malec reviews Spring, the third book in Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet, a strange beast. SpringAli SmithHamish Hamilton, 2019…

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Africa

The parties end early but Botswana is lit—Zukiswa Wanner reports back from the Gaborone Book Festival

October 1, 2018November 4, 2018Zukiswa Wanner2 Comments on The parties end early but Botswana is lit—Zukiswa Wanner reports back from the Gaborone Book Festival

Two weeks before the end of our JIAS Fellowship, Niq Mhlongo and I decided that as we had been to…

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How to write when the novel is dead: Jennifer Malec reviews Autumn and Winter—the first two books of Ali Smith’s seasonal quartet

June 4, 2018May 10, 2021Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on How to write when the novel is dead: Jennifer Malec reviews Autumn and Winter—the first two books of Ali Smith’s seasonal quartet

Ali Smith’s seasonal quartet is a lesson in how to create novels that reflect the now in all its glory and…

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