Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
Focus of the PhD was on literary theory. More recent interests include contemporary South African and African literature. Am also the editor and co-director of the independent publishing company Fourthwall Books. Write on South African art, photography and literature. Also write essays and short stories, and have completed a novel.
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Apr 25, 2024 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...
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