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Obituary: Literary allrounder Stephen Gray was a scholar, critic, novelist and poet

Friday Shaun De Waal - 3 Nov 2020

Stephen Gray made an immense, long contribution to the South African literary landscape across many genres, but it was poetry that he described as ‘the main activity of my life’

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Revisiting a book written in 1989 is an opportunity to review the country’s history

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Dangarembga builds on her two earlier books

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Here the protagonist is in her 30s, and she again narrates her story herself with an interesting distancing to reflect the divisions in her being.

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In a cozy conversation, interspersed with music, Cherry speaks about what shaped her politics and memories.

My journey of reading women, writing as a woman and growing a wide heart

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Growing up, I was taught that reading was the key to life. Now I read to write.

Meeting, sharing and deconstructing with Tsitsi Dangarembga

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After a meeting with Dangarembga and inspired by Mariama Bâ’s novel ‘So Long a Letter’, Milisuthando Bongela writes a letter to a friend in the US.

‘General’ Liu Cixin deserves highest rank

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Fascinating arguments and ideas combined with a taut narrative tension make prize-winning novel by eminent author hard to put down.

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Everything you wanted to know about a vegetable garden comes to you between two covers.

Elleke Boehmer shares secrets and a Soviet embrace

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In her latest novel author Elleke Boehmer explores the life of a family from Netherlands living in South Africa.

Novel on the attempted assassination of Bob Marley makes the Man Booker long list

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Jamaican author Marlon James's book, A Brief History of Seven Killings, is one of the 13 novels that made it onto the Man Booker Prize long list.

Game of ideological thrones

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George RR Martin believes right-wing science fiction writers have wrecked the Hugo Awards.

Writers can give hope to a society living in fear

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Award-winning author Ursula le Guin speaks out against greedy publishers

A high-seas education

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Growing up in the global yachting community made for a great memoir.

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Obituary: Literary allrounder Stephen Gray was a scholar, critic, novelist and poet

Oh, to be ‘free’ in Zimbabwe

Five good reads to enjoy

Border delays because officials can

Dangarembga builds on her two earlier books

On our Lists this week: On Sunday Blues and Neneh Cherry

My journey of reading women, writing as a woman and growing a wide heart

Meeting, sharing and deconstructing with Tsitsi Dangarembga

‘General’ Liu Cixin deserves highest rank

Urban gardening with with Jane Griffiths

Elleke Boehmer shares secrets and a Soviet embrace

Novel on the attempted assassination of Bob Marley makes the Man Booker long list

Game of ideological thrones

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