Journeys across the worlds queer frontiers is a globetrotting exploration of how the human rights frontier around sexual orientati. Join tony leon for the launch of his new book future tense at bookdealers of. Mark gevisser at harvard university mahindra humanities centers writers speak series, in conversation with george paul meiu writers speak l 21 september 2020. Mark gevisser will certainly offer particular expertise to take all perks. Mark gevisser has told multiple stories within the confines of his book. Mark gevisser launches dispatcher at jewish book week this years jewish book week festival at kings place in london 22 february to 2 march will feature mark gevisser, one of south africas. Oxford bookstores the pink line by mark gevisser facebook. Journeys across the worlds queer frontiers, the south african journalist and activist shows a world in redescription. Books are still a great calling card and they allow you to start big conversations. Relying on over a decade of experience in the recruitment industry, arran created to be the home of the most secure, efficient, and transparent hiring. Mar 04, 2014 wiser and jonathan ball publishers invite you to the launch of.
The dream deferred is easily the best serious book written about modern south africa. Apr 14, 2015 mark gevisser has told multiple stories within the confines of his book. Aug 27, 2020 mark gevisser jonathan ball publishers, 2020. Thabo mbeki and the future of south africas dream, and lost and found in johannesburg. Gevisser has been awarded an open society followship for 2012 working on the sexuality frontier. The pink line goodreads meet your next favorite book. Digital launch of the pink line by mark gevisser, published by harpercollins india. Gul, a young girl, has a birthmark on her arm that makes her a mark. The new health minister launches a massive aids programme to deal with the looming crisis. Wiser and jonathan ball publishers invite you to the launch of.
That was exactly my impression having finished the book. Join gevisser in conversation with justice edwin cameron via zoom or. One of the financial times and guardian books to look forward to in 2020 a groundbreaking look at how the issues of sexuality and gender identity divide and unite the world today more than five years in the making, mark gevisser s the pink line. Mark gevisser is one of south africas leading authors and journalists. One of the financial times and guardian books to look forward to in 2020. Mark gevisser born 1964 is a south african author and journalist. The open book festival in cape town is coming up soon with a very full programme of discussions and other events. Mark gevisser is the author of a legacy of liberation, portraits of power, and lost and found in johannesburg. Mark gevisser s long mission of queer visibility by otosirieze obiyoung in his most recent book, the pink line. Mark gevisser launches dispatcher at jewish book week. Journeys across the worlds queer frontiers by mark gevisser is out now from jonathan ball publishers six years in the making, the pink line follows protagonists from nine countries all over the globe to tell the story of how lgbt rights became one of the worlds new human rights frontiers in the second decade of the 21st century. Journeys across the worlds queer frontiers by mark. Nadia will be in conversation with fellow sa pen member mark gevisser.
But far more than the riveting account of a breakin, this is a daring exploration of place and the boundaries upon which identities. Mark gevisser with samantha allen the elliott bay book company. Ivan vladislavic will be in conversation with mark gevisser. Aug 03, 2020 mark gevisser with samantha allen if author mark gevisser is dialing in for this evenings program from home, then he is dialing in from tomorrow, as he resides in cape town, south africa. Mark gevisser at harvard university mahindra humanities centers writers speak series, in conversation with george paul meiu writers speak l 21 september 2020 read more. May 08, 2014 mark gevisser s extraordinary new book takes on several projects at once. He writes frequently for the guardian, the new york times, granta, and many other publications. Two of the contributors to the book, mark gevisser from south africa. Mark gevisser s previous books include the awardwinning a legacy of liberation. Nov 08, 2007 jonathan ball and exclusive books invite you to the launch of a profound psychopolitical study of the man who has, in effect, governed south africa since 1994.
Roger palmer is launching his new photo book spoor at the latitudes art fair in johannesburg. Mark gevisser read the authors books online bookmate. Love books virtual launch with cheeky natives and gala gay and lesbian memory in action. In his latest offering, one of south africas leading narrative nonfiction writers, mark gevisser, traces pink lines of gender identity and sexuality. His next book dispatcher, about his personal relationship with his hometown johannesburg, will be published by farrar straus giroux and atlantic press in 20.
Now you may have forgotten how dad had to struggle ever since 1969 because of one individual, his first cousin, our uncle david gevisser, who suddenly no one in our immediate family wants to talk about, which of course is their perogative. If we accept the conceit, as proposed by one of our eminent writers some twenty years ago, that all autobiography is storytelling and all writing is autobiography, then mark gevisser s new book, lost and found in johannesburg jonathan ball, 2014 is not too extreme a departure. Career launch amidst a global health crisis ucla samueli. Virtual launch of the pink line by mark gevisser on august 5. From online book launches to live author interviews to virtual literary festivals bookgig is the best place to online book events during the lockdown. In the long shadow of nelson mandela, thabo mbeki has attempted to forge an identity for himself as the symbol of modern africa.
Bold new pan african collaboration gets underway at the 2020. Launch of mark gevissers lost and found in johannesburg. Now you may have forgotten how dad had to struggle ever since 1969 because of one individual, his first cousin, our uncle david. Mark s other books include the prizewinning a legacy of liberation. Mark gevisser is one of south africas foremost writers. Jul 28, 2020 with andrew solomon, gevisser discusses the pink line. Slabbert by albert grundlingh concise but wideranging, slabbert. Alex dodd a small grahamstownbased book dealer has made one small step for.
Hugely ambitious and brilliantly executed, an engrossing and. His writing has appeared in the new york times, the guardian, granta, the wall street journal, and other publications. Asked what he hoped to achieve with the publication of the pink line at the book s online launch in august 2020, mark gevisser said. Sas largest lender says its open to talks on how to restructure the r200bn covid relief program but it rejects suggestions to swap the. Hugely ambitious and brilliantly executed, an engrossing. The recipient of a 2012 open society fellowship, he lives in cape town, south africa. He is currently researching and writing about the covid 19 pandemic, and the climate crisis, and continues to write about south african politics, cu.
The dream deferred thabo mbeki the dream deferred cape town launch invite jonathan ball and exclusive books invite you to the. Photograph supplied in a podcast discussing his new book, the pink line. Thus begins mark gevisser s new book, lost and found in johannesburg, and his engagement with his first great text. It was great reading so many stories from across the world and gevisser really conveys the impact of geography on identity and ones life in general. As a boy growing up in 1970s johannesburg mark gevisser would play. Jul 29, 2020 this is a valuable book, not only for the quality of mark gevisser s analysis and the scope of his research, but because he spends a good deal of time with the people on whose lives he focuses. Mark gevisser launches dispatcher at jewish book week mark gevisser launches dispatcher at jewish book week this years jewish book week festival at kings place in london 22 february to 2. An inner life of johannesburg that turns on the authors fascination with maps, boundaries, and transgressions lost and found in johannesburg begins with a transgression. The version of mark gevisser s book that now appears here after mbeki has been driven into sullen private life covers the final stages of his fall, filling the gap in the original, and still come in at less than half the length of the south african edition. Physicaldivine commonwealth writers conversation the. Its easy to think that in our technically advanced world that books and authors somehow are passe and. Brutal school ties by sam cowen july 29 events webinar.
Man on a mission provides new perspectives on a figure who even today remains something of an enigma. Mark gevisser with samantha allen the elliott bay book. This community largely originated as descendants of jews from lithuania who came to south africa to escape religious persecution and whose arrival coincided with the. South africas second democratically elected president remains a puzzle to many notwithstanding mark gevisser. Mark gevisser is a south african author and journalist. Journeys across the worlds queer frontiers, the result of seven years of research into the unprecedented scope of 21stcentury identity. The good name mark and david gevisser have upheldyou have sallied. National news brought to you by south africas best read.
Minutes before the wits university book launch of mark gevisser s overhyped book on mbeki, the traffic was forced to part on jan smuts outside the university as the leader zipped past in rsa1 with a sirenblaring retinue of seven vehicles across three lanes. About the speakers mark gevisser is the author of a legacy of liberation, portraits of power, and lost and found in johannesburg. By charlene smith on 23 november 2007 minutes before the wits university book launch of mark gevissers overhyped book on mbeki, the traffic was forced to part on jan smuts outside the university as the leader zipped past in rsa1 with a sirenblaring retinue of seven vehicles across three lanes. Mark gevisser author in conversation with rahul rao soas and jack halberstam columbia. Mar 24, 2014 launch of lost and found in johannesburg by mark gevisser, march 2014, the book lounge, cape town. This is a very different book, a personal, intimate account of growing up in johannesburg and a meditation on what it means to live in a city with a history of division and separation.
Mwachiro joins the author mark gevisser and fellow african activists, nickita maesala and xeenarh mohammed, to discuss the themes that permeate the book. Book launch lost and found in johannesburg by mark gevisser, thursday, th march, 5. The pink line by mark gevisser august 5 events webinar. Journalist mark gevisser reported on how issues of sexuality and gender identity are being experienced in negative and positive ways around the world. The virtual south african book fair programme will feature an. Book launch lost and found in johannesburg by mark gevisser, wednesday, 12th march, 6. Hunted by the sky is a ya adventure novel set in medieval india. A new book, the thabo mbeki i know, will help to understand him better. Central to this conversation is mark gevisser s new book, the pink line. One story well told is that of the jewish community of johannesburg as it existed in the twentieth century. Reporter mark gevisser details how south africas postapartheid regime has proceeded down the dark path of state capture, using the highprofile corruption inquiry against businessman and former antiapartheid movement supporter gavin watson who since the publication of the article has died in a car accident giving rise to speculations. Book launches wits institute for social and economic research. Leading south african author and journalist, mark gevisser, will use over a century of maps of johannesburg as his great text in the gordon institute for performing and creative arts great textsbig questions public lecture series. The worlds queer frontiersone of time magazines top 100 reads of 2020.
Thabo mbeki and the future of the south african dream, and lost. Wherever he lives, he has written a significant, major new work, the pink line. Journeys across the worlds queer frontiers, mark gevisser describes it as a project he occasionally felt was. This is a valuable book, not only for the quality of mark gevissers. Standard bank raises alarm on loantogrant proposal. The dream deferred mark gevisser on story time just got better with prime book box, a subscription that delivers handpicked.
South african current affairs submission categories the reading. Abigail edwards graduated winter quarter with a bachelors in civil engineering. The book lounge speaks to mark gevisser about his new book, the pink line click here to listen more. Small stones for bromley by harry owen, 22nd may 2014, 5. His journalism on the new global discussion about sexual orientation and gender identity has appeared in the guardian, granta, and the new york times.
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