Two new blog posts up today as we prepare to open for subs in August! First, Zibusiso Mpofu writes about Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera: "A woman of secrets, she never disclosed anything to anyone."

Re-Aliving Yvonne Vera: A Review of Petal Thoughts, a Biography of Yvonne Vera by Her Mother Ericah Gwetai — EPOCHShe could not write the way she wanted to while abroad. She needed to be home, close to her people. In many ways one cannot tell the story of Vera without talking about the city from which she hails, ...www.epochliterary.com