Introduction by the Editor - Part I: Life
Recollections
Family Background
Attempt to Escape (Tapes 1, 2 and 3)
Robben Island
Interlude
Notes on My Activities
Notes on My Life - Part II: Writings
Somehow Tenderness Survives
Talking with Students
Reviewing a Review
On My Poetry
On Literature and Commitment
Bernth Lindfors is professor emeritus of English and African literatures, University of Texas at Austin.
An exceptionally well-edited volume, greatly enriched by a
comprehensive index and by succinct footnotes that offer essential
biographical details.
*JOURNAL OF THE AFRICAN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION*
An important and useful publication. [...] Brutus emerges here as
modest and self-critical, courageous and articulate, convinced of
the need for political commitment and artistic integrity.
*WASAFIRI*
This collection valuably fills out our picture of Dennis Brutus.
[...] Bernth Lindfors is to be commended for producing this
posthumous tribute to one of South Africa's most significant
writer-activists.
*RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURES*
[A] fascinating and highly readable volume. [Brutus'] fascinating
account is greatly enriched by editor Lindfors who meticulously
provides a succinctly footnoted biographical sketch of every
individual identified in the story.
*JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY*
A vivid and moving portrait of a man who contributed significantly,
through his actions and words, to the fight against apartheid. [It]
is a deeply informative and very personal portrait of both the
public and private man.
*LEEDS AFRICAN STUDIES BULLETIN*
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