Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements and Permissions
- Foreword
- Introduction: Writing South Africa's Yawning Void
- Part I Coming into Writing
- Part II Writing about Pressing Issues
- Part III Writing about My Writing
- Conclusion: A Tribute to Those Who Came Before Me
- Notes
- Selected works
- Bibliography
- Index
Part I - Coming into Writing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2024
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements and Permissions
- Foreword
- Introduction: Writing South Africa's Yawning Void
- Part I Coming into Writing
- Part II Writing about Pressing Issues
- Part III Writing about My Writing
- Conclusion: A Tribute to Those Who Came Before Me
- Notes
- Selected works
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The essays contained in this section were all previously published, as articles in journals or chapters in essay collections. They represent the earliest written work in this collection. In them, Sindiwe Magona examines how she came to writing; why she continues writing after three decades; and what she understands to be the challenges for writers in South Africa.
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- Information
- I Write the Yawning VoidSelected Essays of Sindiwe Magona, pp. 9 - 10Publisher: Wits University PressPrint publication year: 2023