Monthly Archives: June 2012


President of American PEN Visits Johannesburg

Peter Godwin, the Zimbabwean-born new President of American PEN, paid a fleeting visit to South Africa for a day or so in March and was entertained at dinner by a few Johannesburg members at the Johannesburg Country Club. SA PEN...

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Life Underwater by Ken Barris

Simon Machabeus is the second of three brothers. He dives – for oysters, to spearfish, and for the calm and horror of the underwater world. Eli is the youngest brother. He is the chronicler of the family; he reads, and...

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Life Underwater