More: Literature
2024 in review, from an armchair in New York
From the North-East
A roar sounds and a tumult arises
Swelling onto the black earth of the East
This ragtag band
Green Aloyshas barely budded, wrested with a...
Celebrating Abigail George: An Unsung Literary Achievement
The 2023 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Prize was awarded to South African writer Abigail George for her evocative poem, In a Lonely Search...
Nthikeng Mohlele On Writing: Choice, Consciousness, Self, The Novelist, The Man And The Artistic Life
Nthikeng Mohlele was partly raised in Limpopo and Tembisa Township, and attended the University of the Witwatersrand, where he obtained a BA in dramatic...
The Poet Eugene Skeef: “Violent Seed”, Quiet Dreams And The Trust Of Strangers
AG: Please introduce yourself.
ES: My name is Eugene Skeef. I am a South African living in London since I went into exile from my...
The Straight Path: In Praise Of Israeli and Palestinian Poets
I am writing this to honour the dead. Every single person that's experienced affliction during this, what they call, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Like Yehuda Amichai,...
Another year of sadness for Sudan
I didn’t go to the poet Mzi Mahola’s funeral. Ernest, another well-known Eastern Cape poet, said that he would give me a lift in...
For my mother
In December of 2023, almost a year ago, the prize giving ceremony of the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award was held at the...
King of My Castle
Early in 2024, while my baby niece lay sleeping beside me I searched through the channels on YouTube for something to watch and discovered...
The Shore: On Poets, Schiller And Making Mention Of The Goethean Observation
This is a prose poem that on the face of it in so many words is for children in conflict, war and genocide around...
Finding Awe, Reading Poems On A Starry Night And German-born South African Poetess Silke Heiss
“The heart wants what it wants,” sings the American pop artist, actress and mental health advocate Selena Gomez on my mobile phone. I am...