STORIES THAT STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS

We publish writing by course participants on a regular basis in the spirit of sharing life experiences with others. Each piece is original work by Life Righting Collective course participants – from the pen and from the heart. We want to showcase authentic voices that we hope will inspire you to write your own stories and buy our anthology, This is How It Is, as well as other books by our members. Scroll down to read our stories.

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WEEK 4 OF LOCKDOWN: 2 MORE WEEKS ANNOUNCED

This week has been the saddest. Maybe it was just fatigue from time elapsed, but more likely it was lack of human presence. I live alone and this thing, connection, […]

THE WORLD’S BEST DAD

Your office is impeccable.Book shelves lined with great revolutionaries,Karl Marx to Kim il Sung.You apologies for the girlie calendar on your doorhang your coat over it, in deference to the […]

WHEN BY SOME ACCOUNTS

When by some accountsa vast and thrilling soundshall resonate through the cosmosand the dead shall arise in-corruptible from various tombs,heaps of ash now scatteredand recycled, and obscureditches and other places […]

THE COLOUR OF WHITE

When I was five, my step father took me on a journey. We made our way to a building in central London where, without explanation, I was told to be […]

FAULT LINES

The terrible fault lines left by apartheid run very deep. Mostly the disturbances they causepass unnoticed. Not part of any statistics. Not cause for any marches. But sometimes there’s a […]

IN THE WIND

When the wind hits my skin,it reminds me I’m alive.When I exhaleand inhale,I feel my heartpush against my chest. During the day, I hear –cars hooting,laughter,children screaming,the sound of footsteps […]

THE SCARECROW

As kids, my sister Sisanda and I spent our time in the garden. It was south of our homestead, a kilometre or so away. In addition to maize, my parents […]

RONALD, THE GATE AND THE GUN

Ron and Phyllis are a struggling couple in their late 70s. Until recently they lived directly opposite me in our quiet, friendly suburban street. Well, mostly quiet and friendly during […]

I WAS HERE, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED

I was here. This is what happened. ‘Je m’appelle Christiane. Je suis née à Calais le 11 juin, 1905…’ This is the simplest act of existence. Something we all can […]

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