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Fiction

‘I do not recall reading many novels that linger so pornographically over the matter of eating’—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Butter by Asako Yuzuki

October 18, 2024October 18, 2024Wamuwi MbaoLeave a Comment on ‘I do not recall reading many novels that linger so pornographically over the matter of eating’—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Butter by Asako Yuzuki

Butter is keenly attuned to the many ways the private sphere runs on the disproportionate work of women while deliberately…

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Johannesburg

[City Editor] The search to find a new vocabulary for the new city—Lidudumalingani muses on literature and lockdown Joburg

April 10, 2020December 28, 2020Lidudumalingani1 Comment on [City Editor] The search to find a new vocabulary for the new city—Lidudumalingani muses on literature and lockdown Joburg

Whatever writing emerges from this moment will be an attempt to build a new Johannesburg, writes guest City Editor Lidudumalingani….

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