Let’s start off with some exciting Catalyst news. Visit LitHub to read an excerpt from our forthcoming release, Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa. Disruption is the newest Short Story Day Africa anthology, and features 21 new and emerging authors from across Africa. It releases September 7, and you can learn more about the collection here.
How much do you love that Bobby Byrd (our friend and Cinco Puntos press co-founder) was included in this list of books on Sandra Cisneros’ nightstand? Speaking of Cinco Puntos, read this lovely article on the press, and its impact on the publishing world. This summer, CInco Puntos announced that it was being acquired by Lee and Low.
“I felt more disconnected, displaced and determined to understand and document this history for myself and other indigenous South African groups that have been scattered across the region because of colonialism.” Over at gal-dem, Nomqhele Beauty Dhlamini writes about the Xhosa people of Zimbabwe, and discovering a part of her heritage. Continue reading “This Week in Literary News: Week of August 29”