A Review of "Interviews with Effervescent Writers"
Title: Interviews with Effervescent Writers Editor: Christine Mautjana Publisher: Mbali Press ISBN: 9780987030832 The package containing this book, shipped all the way from South Africa (to California) arrived in August 2012, when I was away in Zimbabwe. One of the writers featured in the book, Aryan Kaganof, whom I had just published on Munyori Journal, sent it to me for possible review. I am glad he did, because through reading the book, I have discovered new writers based in South Africa that I didn't know before, writers whose books I am going to start looking for. This thin book of interviews (127 pages) is full of interesting perspectives on the writing process, on reading, and on writing politics in South Africa and elsewhere. These writers, according to the editor, are "effervescent", which gives the reader the impression that they are full of energy, that they are in many ways bubbly, that they sparkle with creative energy, and, indeed, most of them do. ...