Chuenespoort

21 April 2002

Dear Stephen,

Sure, go ahead with the story. Good news that the anthology has another lease on life. I love the story & am happy I have your aesthetic judgment to back up my paternal bias.

I am amazed to see your address hasn't changed. Someone told me recently that you have relocated. Couldn't get it as I would expect you to inform me as one of your admirers. Indeed, the duration of one's residence in a place is a sign that person & place can contain each other, or else one will spit out the other!

There's something brewing in the Mphahlele workshop. A friend has undertaken to relieve me of a lot of papers – articles, addresses, etc – all expository stuff – and seek funding for their publication. In accord with my wishes I'm not in the editorial team he has chosen to do the selecting. Their job is all but completed. I only need to give it the once-over. September is roughly scheduled for the publication, ie 2002. Just thought ‘to bite your ear’ (equivalent of Sesotho for ‘whispering in your ear’).

Keep well, good friend, prosper.