Publisher: Modjaji Books, South Africa
Pages: 292
Year: 2020
Category: Anthologies & Collections, Literature, Poetry
Dimensions: 210 x 140 mm
Selected Modjaji Poems 2004 to 2020
The Only Magic We Know is a celebration of all the
poets Modjaji has published. This anthology offers a taste of the range
and diversity of the poems that have appeared in the individual poets’
collections. The authors include:
ingrid andersen • marike beyers •
melissa butler • margaret clough • christine coates • colleen crawford
cousins • phillippa yaa de villiers • isobel dixon • sarah frost • elisa
galgut • dawn garisch • megan hall • kerry hammerton • khadija tracey
heeger • colleen higgs • eliza kentridge • haidee kotze • sindiwe magona
• michelle mcgrane • jenna mervis • joan metelerkamp • helen moffett •
malika ndlovu • tariro ndoro • azila talit reisenberger • shirmoney
rhode • beverly rycroft • arja salafranca • karin schimke • katleho kano
shoro • thandi sliepen • annette snyckers • jeannie wallace mckeown •
crystal warren • robin winckel-mellish • wendy woodward • makhosazana
xaba • fiona zerbst
Price range: £20.00 through £21.00
About the editors
Marike Beyers lives and works in Makhanda (previously known as
Grahamstown) as a literary curator at Amazwi South African Museum of
Literature. Being bookish by nature, things archival, library-like and
writerly draw her. In this regard she has published two collections of
poetry – On Another Page by Aerial Publishing and How to Open the Door
by Modjaji Books – and is involved in editing, reviewing and working
with a community writing project and, of course, reading.
Review
“The collection brings together works by
emerging and established artists which, through their diverse topics and
forms, offer a vivid account of the press’s commitment to
forward-thinking expression. The collection thus highlights as well the
power of the short story, which, as Salafranca writes, “can evoke a
world, a moment or a bright epiphany, that lingers and reverberates long
after the initial reading.”
Susanna Sacks, Africa in Words
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