Botsotso 17: Fiction, Poetry, Art Work, Essays, Reviews

Botsotso 17: Fiction, Poetry, Art Work, Essays, Reviews PDF Author: Horwitz, Allan Kolski
Publisher: Botsotso Publishing
ISBN: 0981420575
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Book Description
The Botsotso literary journal started in 1996 as a monthly 4 page insert in the New Nation, an independent anti-apartheid South African weekly and reached over 80,000 people at a time – largely politisized black workers and youth – with a selection of poems, short stories and short essays that reflected the deep changes taking place in the country at that time. Since the closure of the New Nation in 1999, the journal has evolved into a stand-alone compilation featuring the same mix of genres, and with the addition of photo essays and reviews. The Botsotso editorial policy remains committed to creating a mix of voices which highlight the diverse spectrum of South African identities and languages, particularly those that are dedicated to radical expression and examinations of South Africa's complex society. Botsotso 17 reflects the depth and creative range of the South African cultural and emotional environment, as well as the broader social currents in which they were spawned; and that the coexisting phenomena of love and violence, alienation and precious comings-together mingle to create a unique, if familiar, panorama as streams of words reveal the inner meanings of so many different lives.

Botsotso 17: Fiction, Poetry, Art Work, Essays, Reviews

Botsotso 17: Fiction, Poetry, Art Work, Essays, Reviews PDF Author: Horwitz, Allan Kolski
Publisher: Botsotso Publishing
ISBN: 0981420575
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Book Description
The Botsotso literary journal started in 1996 as a monthly 4 page insert in the New Nation, an independent anti-apartheid South African weekly and reached over 80,000 people at a time – largely politisized black workers and youth – with a selection of poems, short stories and short essays that reflected the deep changes taking place in the country at that time. Since the closure of the New Nation in 1999, the journal has evolved into a stand-alone compilation featuring the same mix of genres, and with the addition of photo essays and reviews. The Botsotso editorial policy remains committed to creating a mix of voices which highlight the diverse spectrum of South African identities and languages, particularly those that are dedicated to radical expression and examinations of South Africa's complex society. Botsotso 17 reflects the depth and creative range of the South African cultural and emotional environment, as well as the broader social currents in which they were spawned; and that the coexisting phenomena of love and violence, alienation and precious comings-together mingle to create a unique, if familiar, panorama as streams of words reveal the inner meanings of so many different lives.

International Who's Who in Poetry 2004

International Who's Who in Poetry 2004 PDF Author: Europa Publications
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781857431780
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 536

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Book Description
Provides up-to-date profiles on the careers of leading and emerging poets.

Botsotso

Botsotso PDF Author: Allan Kolski Horwitz
Publisher: Reality Street Editions
ISBN: 9781874400424
Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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KwaNobuhle Overcast

KwaNobuhle Overcast PDF Author: Billie, Ayanda
Publisher: Deep South
ISBN: 0994710437
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 62

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Book Description
KwaNobuhle Overcast is a book of vivid obervations of Billie’s community 20 years into South Africa’s democracy. It describes an inhospitable and sometimes callous KwaNobuhle, its spirit worn away by the harsh toll of survival and political betrayal. The poet remains rooted, borne up by love, family, jazz music, and a stubborn belief in humanity.

Seasons Come to Pass

Seasons Come to Pass PDF Author: Helen Moffett
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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Book Description
The new edition of this highly succesful poetry anthology includes new poems, new notes and exercises, and has a freshly- designed, learning friendly format that makes it even more relevant and accessible to students in Southern Africa

Wings of Smoke

Wings of Smoke PDF Author: Jim Pascual Agustin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912111008
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Wings of Smoke is the stunning work of a poet who asks the sorts of questions only poets ask, softly prodding us towards awareness, surprising us with gentleness and quiet humour, weaving wonderful things into his carefully stitched fabric of verse. It is a beautifully crafted collection of accessible poems in a mix of styles, all striking in the poet's intimacy with his subjects. There is a depth of incisive thought, observation of nature, human movement that feels unforced. He expresses a concern for the fragility of our social order; a concern for violations of human dignity brought about by violent conflict.

Collected Plays: 2009 - 2017

Collected Plays: 2009 - 2017 PDF Author: Horwitz, Allan Kolski
Publisher: Botsotso Publishing
ISBN: 0994708106
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 239

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Book Description
This collection contains five plays by the South African writer Allan Horwitz: The Pump Room; Comrade Babble; Boykie and Girlie; Jericho; and Book Marks. The plays explore the contradictions and dreams of the new and old South Africa, as well as universal themes that include the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other moral dilemmas.

After Troy

After Troy PDF Author: Taban Lo Liyong
Publisher: Deep South
ISBN: 9781928476344
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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after troy, Taban lo Liyong's booklength poem, is an expansive and engaging elaboration of two classical Greek texts, Homer's Odyssey and Aeschylus's Oresteia. Its focus is the homecoming from the Trojan war of two hero-kings, Odysseus and Agamemnon. Lo Liyong recreates their thoughts and speech, adding dialogue from other characters, most of them women, who are not given a voice in the original stories. after troy is also a philosophical enquiry into retribution and justice.

The Exploded View

The Exploded View PDF Author: Ivan Vladislavic
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0914671685
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
The Exploded View, from the masterful South African novelist Ivan Vladislavić, tells the story of four lives intertwined through the sprawling infrastructure on the margins of Johhanesburg: a stastician taking the national census, an engineer out on the town with city officials, an artist interested in genocide, and a contractor who puts up billboards on construction sites. Arcing across distance and time, Vladislavić deftly explodes our comfortable views and brings us behind the curtains of the city while subtly expanding our notions of what is possible in the novel form.

The Alkalinity of Bottled Water

The Alkalinity of Bottled Water PDF Author: Xaba, Makhosazana
Publisher: Botsotso Publishing
ISBN: 0994708165
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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Makhosazana Xaba, with several collections and anthologies to her name, is at the forefront of a poetry that embraces penetrating socio-political insight with highly emotional responses to the love and pain that our country provides in such abundance.