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Inspirational goddesses: The Muses Urania and Calliope painted by 17th-century French artist Simon Vouet. Photo: Heritage Art/Getty Images
GOD EDITION 2024

Is creative inspiration divine?

The South African author Fiona Snyckers muses about what makes writers and poets tick

  • Fiona Snyckers
5 min read
Out loud: Fiona Snyckers revisits the well-known novel ‘Disgrace’ by JM Coetzee and gives one of his main characters a different view in her latest book, ‘Lacuna’. Photos: Paul Botes
ANTI RAPE ACTIVISM

A novel response to ‘Disgrace’

The author reimagines a voice and lets it fill the gaps of one of South Africa’s famous books

  • Nthikeng Mohlele
8 min read