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A Fiction Review of The Best South African Novel
Tintswalo is flying back to Oliver Tambo International Airport. She is the winning Rugby World Cup team’s captain. Her father is with her. He is a prominent coal mine manager turned politician. As they enter South African airspace, Tintswalo receives a text message. It gives her a quest. Unless she can solve the mystery of… →
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Emily Dickinson’s “The Chariot” is an Insult to Death
How much control does a writer have after their work is published? In an example of Emily Dickinson, an editor gave her poem “The Chariot” its title after her Death. This is not uncommon in Dickinson’s oeuvre. Most of her poems were not written for publication purposes. Many later, anthologised poems came from letters to friends and… →