Editor’s Notes by Daniel W. Lehman
Like the country itself, writing nonfiction in South Africa has long been a beautiful, complicated, and often dangerous business. Naming names and recording history under the long shadow of institutionalized racism poses immense risk. The implications of true stories, grist for an academic dust-up in more tranquil locations, in the old South Africa too often boiled into matters of life and death. Continue reading . . .
Contents
“Monster Trucks and the White Bellaire” Sophie Beck ◆ “Paddling the Middle Fork: A Love Story in Low Water” Jill Christman ◆ “A Tale of Two Cities” Kevin Kerrane ◆ “‘Language Rules’: Witnessing about Trauma on South Africa’s TRC” Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela ◆ “Fact Bordering Fiction and the Honesty of ‘I'” Antjie Krog ◆ “Slow Walk to Freedom” Andie Miller ◆ “Serendipity” Liza Field ◆ “Wormtown” David Gessner ◆ “City Life, Interrupted” Jacqueline Marino ◆ “Neighbors” Richard Hoffman ◆ “Souvenirs from Ganymede” Juan Martinez ◆ “Three Bad Trips, 1968–1977″ Dinty W. Moore ◆ “Distances of the Afternoon” Donald Morrill ◆ “The Wandering Womb” S. L. Wisenberg ◆ “The Ruined Corn: Winter Memories, Southern Illinois” J. T. Ledbetter Contributors’ Notes . . .
