Critic's head is on fire
Andile Mngxitama responds to Kwanele Sosibo's article on Lesego Rampolokeng's new book, which he says was a gratuitous denunciation of Rampolokeng.
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Lesego Rampolokeng: Fragments of obscurity
A new book of poetry renders its writer even more abstruse and, given its profanity and obsessiveness, it is a tough chew, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
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Through closed doors with an African prankster
It has been 25 years since the death of Dambudzo Marechera, the joker of African literature and its
anti-hero.
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Memories from the female soul
Kylie Thomas is impressed by five titles from Modjaji Books, a publishing house that specialises in the work of Southern African women.
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Musings of a letters' man
Widely acknowledged as the greatest living Arab poet, the Syrian-born Adonis is a fiercely independent thinker.
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The curse of the ill-fated apartheid-era imbongi
The politics of apartheid constrained both the substance and the form of David Manisi's poetry.
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An important journey not yet completed
Isobel Dixon's latest collection of poetry initiates a move away from "the precious milk and honey of nostalgia".
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Speaking our silences
In all her poetry Ingrid de Kok has deftly pushed at the boundaries of what can be said and reminded us of what we would rather forget.
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Out of love with South Africa
Introduced by Antjie Krog, Ingrid de Kok and Denis Hirson will discuss their poems at the festival.
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In verse and prose, Benghazi liberates speech
Freedom of speech is the name of the game in Revolution Square where new publications have blossomed and women recite poetry in public.
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