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Publishing a ‘Double Negative’: And Other Stories’ UK/US publication of Ivan Vladislavić

By Katie Reid on 2 December , 2013 • ( 2 )

Teju Cole introducing Ivan Vladislavic in Chelsea: “One of the best writers in the world… one of the great modern prose stylists.” Agreed. — Africa is a Country (@AfricasaCountry) November 5, 2013 (Tweeted from 192 Books in New York, where Teju Cole, author… Read More ›

Review: Imraan Coovadia’s ‘The Institute for Taxi Poetry’

By Tom Penfold on 9 September , 2013 • ( 3 )

AiW Guest Tom Penfold. Imraan Coovadia’s The Institute of Taxi Poetry (Umuzi, 2012) is an appeal to the imagination – the reader’s and South Africa’s. Set through a week in the life of Adam Ravens as he tries to make sense of… Read More ›