GLEN RETIEF
AUTHOR OF ‘THE JACK BANK‘
Winner of a Lambda Literary Award and an Africa Book Club feature in 2012
MY BOOKS
Glen Retief is an Associate Professor of nonfiction writing at Susquehanna University. His The Jack Bank: A Memoir of a South African Childhood won a Lambda Literary Award.
DAILY MAVERICK ARTICLES
Since 2016, Glen has written “slice of life” or literary journalism articles for the Daily Maverick. These highlight quirky stories, forgotten histories, or offbeat places.
OTHER ARTICLES & ESSAYS
Find a selection of Glen’s essays, on topics ranging from ownership to water to the meditations of Basho, the seventeenth century haiku master.