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Literary Criticism

The monstrous mental asylum: Lewis Nkosi writing home
Friday
/ 13 February 2021

The monstrous mental asylum: Lewis Nkosi writing home

Apartheid SA’s madness, as diagnosed in the exiled author’s subversive texts, was the result of colonialism’s psychological violence

By Sandile Ngidi
African science fiction: rereading the The Palm-Wine Drinkard
Friday
/ 27 November 2020

African science fiction: rereading the The Palm-Wine Drinkard

Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola wields language as the ultimate form of technology

By Nedine Moonsamy
The many voices of South Africa’s past
Article
/ 2 March 2012

The many voices of South Africa’s past

A new literary history paints a multicultural picture that includes all the major languages.

By David Attwell
Naivity, novelty and the writer’s art
Article
/ 18 November 2011

Naivity, novelty and the writer’s art

<b>Imraan Coovadia</b> finds the points of difference in two authors’ approaches to writing.

By Staff Reporter
Giant in the making
Article
/ 8 April 2011

Giant in the making

How can one write about Kabelo Sello Duiker without a mixture of bitterness and regret at the loss of such a worthy life?

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 25 March 2011

Looking for shapes in the clouds

Competing metaphors for literary production are like competing discourses. For a healthy industry, we need more of them.

By Shaun De Waal
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Article
/ 25 March 2011

South African literature’s perfect storm

The job of a books editor is curatorial, political and considered. It rests on knowledge of cultural and political networks and who knows who.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 11 March 2011

Why rage is inevitable

Publishing is like a busy highway on which there are so many different types of drivers and crashes are common .

By Leon de Kock

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