Youtube Life and Death of Steve Biko
Since I will be reviewing Donald Woods' book, BIKO, very soon, it's appropriate that we look at this youtube video. It's a documentary made by CCTV News. I'm not sure of the date it was made, but Donald Woods is a primary speaker in the video. He escaped from South...
Steve Biko's Ghost
My friend (and fellow writing group member) Rachael Hanel pointed out to me that the U of Minnesota Press is publishing a book about Steve Biko in the spring: Biko's Ghost. It sounds pretty academic and analytical, but it sounds amazing. I can't wait to read it....
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
I almost forgot to review this book. I read it several months ago. I figured that I should read such a popular YA book and see what all the fuss is about. With all the buzz about the movie version coming out, I read it in the summer. Since it wasn't on the "required...
It's official.
It's official: I am seriously seeking new representation. After about 14 years of a terrific friendship, I have left my agent, and am looking for a new one. I have two books ready to market. One is completely done, and the other, I'm still tweaking but should have it...
Ways of Dying by Zakes Mda
I have another new favorite South African novel. This one blew me away. Zakes Mda's novel Ways of Dying is set in the early 1990s--if I had to guess, it would be 1990-1991: between the time Nelson Mandela was released from prison and when he was elected president...
A year since Mandela died
I guess Nelson Mandela has become one of the icons of my life. Wise without being perfect. I want to follow his example forever. He died on Dec. 5 of last year. I can hardly believe Madiba has been gone a whole year. Here Bill Moyer shares an interview from 1991 with...
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