When I read Fluid, the first word that came to mind was alchemy: a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination. The invitation When the call for stories for Fluid came out it said the following: In a FLUID state nothing is fixed, matter can flow easily, between borders and boundaries, between cultures, between… Continue reading Book Review: Fluid: The Freedom to Be
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2020 in 61 books
2020 was very many things, but it was mostly staying inside my house and looking at my bookshelf. It was waking up and being unable to tell what day it was, and only attaching myself to any one week or moment by the book I was reading, what I had last read, and what I… Continue reading 2020 in 61 books
Book recommendations from eleven feminists
While 2020 has (obviously) not been the year that many hoped it would be (understatement of the year, perhaps?) it has propelled people to reflect on the way they're living, the world they want, and the things they want to do. For me, one of the things that 2020 allowed me to do was take… Continue reading Book recommendations from eleven feminists
2019 in 50 Books
A short review of the 50 books I read in 2019. Hope you enjoy!
Short Story 5: Alice Munro – Train
In 2013 my mom's former London flatmate came to visit her in Ballito. She brought my sister and I each a book. I can't remember what I got, but somehow my sister's copy of Alice Munro's Dear Life ended up in my possession. Munro is a Canadian short story writer who won the Nobel Prize for… Continue reading Short Story 5: Alice Munro – Train
Short Story 4: Ken Liu – The Paper Menagerie
In September last year, I saw Ken Liu talk at the Open Book Festival in Cape Town. He was serious, dressed in an overcoat (I might be projecting this), and his responses to the host were always long and detailed, but fascinating. It was clear that this was a writer who thought a lot about… Continue reading Short Story 4: Ken Liu – The Paper Menagerie
Jen Thorpe 