S9E7 Hugo ka Canham & Grace A. Musila: Death, Life & Mpondo Theory
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6M ago
Grace A. Musila asks Hugo ka Canham about his book Riotous Deathscapes. They explore riotous methods, rural Mpondoland, precarity, storytelling, death and life as well as the natural and ancestral worlds ..read more
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S9E6 Gabeba Baderoon, Roger Reeves & Bongani Kona: Intimacy & Interiority
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6M ago
Bongani Kona interviews Gabeba Baderoon and Roger Reeves about their books The History of Intimacy and Dark Days: Fugitive Essays ..read more
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S9E5 John Marnell, Alejandra Oliva & Kudakwashe Vanyoro: Migration, Refuge and Solidarity
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by PEN South Africa
7M ago
Kudakwashe Vanyoro interviews John Marnell and Alejandra Oliva about their books Seeking Sanctuary and Rivermouth. They deliberate about telling other people’s stories, the experiences of LGBTIQ migrants, immigration policies, translation, faith-based organisations and solidarity ..read more
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S9 E4 Camille T. Dungy & Yewande Omotoso: Gardening & Creating a Space of Welcome
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7M ago
Yewande Omotoso asks Camille Dungy about her latest book, Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden. They delve into nature writing, gardening, radical generosity, writing revisions, the ethics of fellowship grants, hope and resilience ..read more
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S9E3 LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Sihle Ntuli & Vuyokazi Ngemntu: Tracing Lineages & Imagining Futures
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by PEN South Africa
7M ago
Vuyokazi Ngemntu invites LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs and Sihle Ntuli to reflect on their poetic practice, language and dispossession, literacies, influences, rootedness, Black women’s histories and music ..read more
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S9 E2 Ashwin Desai, Goolam Vahed & Betty Govinden: Durban’s Casbah – “A City Within a City”
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7M ago
Ashwin Desai and Goolam Vahed talk with Betty Govinden about their book Durban’s Casbah. They reflect on personal and collective pasts, bunny chows and bioscopes, critical nostalgia, indentured labour, migration, jazz and the Casbah today ..read more
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S9E1: Sarah Lubala, Mahtem Shiferraw & Phillippa Yaa de Villiers – Writing Across Time
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7M ago
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers interviews Sarah Lubala and Mahtem Shiferraw about their poetry collections, A History of Disappearance and Nomenclatures of Invisibility ..read more
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S8E7 Jade Song & Mia Arderne: Mermaids, Body Horror & Becoming
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by PEN South Africa
7M ago
Mia Arderne asks Jade Song about their debut novel Chlorine. They discuss beliefs about mermaids, girlhood, magical realism, mental illness, writing about violence and sexual assault, reclaiming one’s body, queer narratives and advice for writers ..read more
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S8 E6 Jarred Thompson, Tyriek White & Khanya Mtshali: Debut Novels, Social Critique & Mortality
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7M ago
Khanya Mtshali asks Jarred Thompson and Tyriek White about their novels The Institute for Creative Dying and We Are a Haunting ..read more
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S8E5 KB Brookins & Maneo Mohale: Dreaming of Freedom & Centring Trans Joy
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7M ago
KB Brookins talks with Maneo Mohale about their poetry collection Freedom House. They contemplate poetry, social justice, community, police brutality, Blackness and transness as well as hope ..read more
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