I was in conversation with novelist and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga for the lit.Cologne festival in March to discuss her latest book, Black and Female (Faber, 2022).

This is my latest radio show with journalist Abby Young-Powell.

Love’s work…

I assumed I would be part of the first generation to have full agency over my reproduction – but I was wrong.

Epidemic Empires is an audacious book and both a profound theoretical narrative and a moral reflection on what it means to medicalize discourses of terror. It is an astute critique of narrative, documenting the literary and public health fervour which is promulgated in Western societies.

This was an informative discussion about the broader context of Germany and the unresolvedness of memory work and historical compensation vis-a-vis its histories of violence.

Decolonial feminism: a politics, working towards the abolition of capitalism, heteropatriarchy, and the state; a theory, rethinking logics of exploitation, oppression, and the institutions that engender them; a pedagogy, recognizing and understanding difference as a pre-condition for working together across difference.

The focus of the tenth PARATAXE Symposium is Berlin's polyphonic English-language literature, which examines the time references of English-speaking Berlin writers on questions of form, craft, and narration: How can historical novels and narrative non-fiction texts redefine or reveal the past?

A day of encounterings and collective reflections with artist and philosopher Denise Ferreira da Silva & guests invites to speculative exercises on the im/possibility of global/racial un/justice.

Publish or perish, they said. But what, and where? The good stuff, of course, and everywhere! Underground publishing and collective structures to support it are nothing new.

Whether someone loses a partner, child, parent, or best friend, grief memoirs can be a reminder that the lamenter is not alone. The Light of the World was well received upon its publication. I write about the timelessness of grief and the power of Elizabeth Alexander documenting the intersection of love, history, and grief.

People are grieving and incensed because basic tasks—such as grocery shopping, going to a flea market, and attending church—can be a person’s last moments. America’s gun problem isn’t new, but the unabashed aggression of white supremacists, open carry laws, and “stand your ground” have left a morose and indelible mark on society.