Review of To the Volcano in A Life in Books
To the Volcano has been reviewed by Susan Osborne in her blog A Life in Books. An excerpt: These are insightful, intelligent stories full of characters pursuing their dreams but […]
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New review of Indian Arrivals in Victorian Studies
A new review of Indian Arrivals has been published in the Winter 2019 issue of Victorian Studies (vol. 61, no. 2). Some highlights from Sukanya Banerjee’s review: Focussing especially on
New review of Postcolonial Poetics in the THE
Jenni Ramone has written a glowing review of Postcolonial Poetics in the Times Higher Education supplement. A couple of highlights: Elleke Boehmer’s Postcolonial Poetics invites us to be fearless readers. She
Review of Postcolonial Poetics on LitNet
A new review of Postcolonial Poetics by Karina Magdalena Szczurek has been published in LitNet. Szczurek praises the book for its “intriguing approach to understanding our relationship to postcolonial literature as readers”. She
The Shouting in the Dark featured on SA radio
The Shouting in the Dark was recently featured on Eusebius McKaiser’s Literature Corner on South African’s 702 radio, where it was reviewed by Andrea van Wyk. Listen here:
Moving Worlds review of The Shouting in the Dark
A new review for The Shouting in the Dark is in the latest issue of Moving Worlds: A Journal of Transcultural Writings (16.2). Writer Melissa de Villiers calls it a “fine coming-of-age
Biblio review of The Shouting in the Dark
Tabish Khair has written as evocative review of The Shouting in the Dark in the September–November 2016 issue of Biblio: A Review of Books: A haunting evocation of a childhood,
Afrikult. reviews The Shouting in the Dark
Jade Lee has given The Shouting in the Dark a glowing review in Afrikult., praising Boehmer for her seamless “interweaving of the personal, political and historical in such a way
New Shouting in the Dark review: Maple Tree Literary Supplement
A new review of The Shouting in the Dark appears in Issue 21 of the Maple Tree Literary Supplement. In it, Gerri Kimber calls the book “Elleke Boehmer’s most powerful, spellbinding