"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
Ambrose Musiyiwa has worked as a freelance journalist, book reviewer, and a teacher. One of his short stories has been featured in an anthology of contemporary Zimbabwean writing, Writing Now: More Stories from Zimbabwe (Weaver Press, 2005.) He is a regular contributor to OhmyNews International. Currently he is working on a series of interviews with published and self-published authors on the work that they are doing.
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The performance will revolve around a sequence of 13 poems which range from intimate personal accounts to epic narratives of unearthly journeys.
My most significant achievement was believing in myself.
"I spent 22 years in the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of Transcendental Meditation and guru of the Beatles and Deepak Chopra."
My only claim to significant achievement is the knowledge that I have, in a small way, enhanced the lives of several generations of children.
Maybe a good translation is precisely one that doesn’t try to be an identical twin to the original text.
"The stories in Home Schooling are darker, I think. I hope they're richer and more complex."
Jefferies says her personal experiences have given her a huge store of memories to draw on when she writes.
"I think my close contact, through teaching, with women of all ages and backgrounds has influenced my writing enormously."
As she writes a new book for adults, emerging novelist Tabitha Suzuma is set to become one of the most influential writers for teenagers.
I write to tell stories, to validate and chronicle our untold lives.
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