Notes From The Middle World

Essays in this book were first serialized in Harper's magazine. His essay, Mandela's Smile, published in the December 2008 edition has recently been named a National Magazine Award Finalist. We plan to advertise this title in numerous literary and political journals and magazines. We also intend to schedule television and radio interviews for the author on NPR, Pacifica, and other independent outlets.

An acclaimed South African writer, freedom fighter, and artist illuminates the labyrinth of our political present.In dialogue with the dead and living - Nelson Mandela, Mahmoud Darwish, Barack Obama - internationally distinguished South African artist and writer Breyten Breytenbach's new collection of essays traces the collisions between utopia and disaster, political traumas and the renewal of hope.