Hybridity with Chase Rhys

In this episode, we talk to Chase Rhys about their recent collection, 'Misfit: Stories vannie anne kant'. A lot of the stories in this collection are about being an outsider, about not quite belonging in any space one enters into, about intersections of identity, about being more than one thing at once – in other words, in hybrid identities, and the in-between spaces. We asked Ann-Maree Tippoo for recommendations around the theme of hybridity. She recommends 'Mother to Mother' by Sindiwa Magona, She Would Be King by Wayetu Moore, and She Down There by Lynton Francois Burger. Vasti recommends A Hibiscus Coast by Nick Mulgrew and Mermaid Fillet by Mia Arderne. See Vasti's interview with Mia about Mermaid Fillet here. Find these books at The Book Lounge.

This season was made possible by a grant from the National Arts Council.

Vasti Calitz is the host and executive producer of A Readers' Community. Also on our team is our producer and editor, Andri Burnett, and our assistant producer and research assistant, Kelly-Eve Koopman, and assistant editor Simone Rademeyer.