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Big Book Chain Chat #83: Where does poetry begin?
2011-10-26 Poetry begins in silence and transcends ourselves. A poem is both a message and a destination. A poem is both a process and an entirety. We are channels and also embodiers of the poem. Where does the poem end and another existence begin?
The Tempest Prognosticator: Enlivened poems worth reading
2011-10-25 I must confess at the outset that I am a huge fan of Isobel Dixon’s work. (I don’t know how else to express it.) Weather Eye is for me a finely crafted evocation of place and intimacy; while A Fold in the Map is a poignant and delicately controlled tribute to memory and to family.
The Other Booker Prize: Amusing, gentle and full of natural wisdom
2011-10-20 Azila Talit Reisenberger has made a name for herself as a poet and short story writer, and also as South Africa’s only female rabbi for the Temple Hillel community in East London. She also heads the Hebrew section of the School of Languages ...
Imagine Africa: Idealism and disillusionment in the imagining of Africa
2011-10-20 Imagine Africa, a collection of essays and literary pieces edited and introduced by poet, writer and activist Breyten Breytenbach, is the first in a projected series of volumes from the Gorée Institute ...
Droomdelwers: ’n Kontreiverhaal wat maklik lees
2011-10-19"Al weet die leser dat die goeie karakters gaan triomfeer en die skurke sal boet vir hulle dade, hou die spanningslyn jou aan die raai en wonder, tot aan die einde. Dan word die laaste geheime uiteindelik oopgevlek."