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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Review by Finuala Dowling of 'In the Heat of Shadows' by Denis Hirson (ed.) for 'Wasafiri', 2016 For more, see this anthology on the Deep South website: deepsouth.co.za/.../in-the-h... For the full review here, see: deepsouth.co.za/pdf/Hirson_D...

Cover Art: Maja Maljevic, 'Nirox Diaries 7'

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Extract from 'whiteheart: prologue to hysteria' (Deep South, 2005) by Lesego Rampolokeng For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/whit...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Interview with Richard Fox by Kyle Allan for 'New Coin', 2021 For more, see Richard Fox's book page on the Deep South website: deepsouth.co.za/product/othe... For the full interview here, see: deepsouth.co.za/pdf/Fox_Alla...

Cover Art: by Quinten Edward Williams, 'Crossing Over'

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"The fishing woman" and "We shall reap in tears" and "Mirage" from 'There was No-one: Selected Poems' (Deep South, 2026) by Mzi Mahola

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Part VI of the 15-page poem "Ancestral Wealth" from 'Bilakhulu!: Longer Poems' (Deep South, 2015) by Vonani Bila For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/bila...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Poetry as an act of clairvoyance": review by Finuala Dowling of 'Heart's Hunger' by Karen Press for 'The Johannesburg Review of Books', 2024 For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/pro.../heart...

Cover Art: Lien Botha, 'Piero di Cosimo'

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"I will be gone" from 'a naked bone' (Deep South, 2019) by Mangaliso Buzani For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/a-na...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Alan Finlay interviews Richard Fox, Mbongeni Khumalo and Nadine Botha for 'New Coin', 2004 For more, see Alan Finlay's book pages on the Deep South website: deepsouth.co.za/product/dont... deepsouth.co.za/product/that...

Cover Art: Quinten Edward Williams, 'Detail of a Wall'

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"The Room of Family Holidays" from 'A Book of Rooms' (Deep South, 2014) by Kobus Moolman For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/a-bo...

Cover Art: Andries Gouws, 'Grahamstown residence room with red curtains'

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

From the Article, "Growing Writers, Readers and Listeners" by Angifi Dladla, published in 'The Fertile Ground of Misfortune: Teaching Practices in Creative Writing', 2017 For more, see Angifi Dladla's book pages: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/.../the-girl... 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/lame...

Cover Art: Andrew Tshabangu, 'Bucket, Kettle, Stove on the Floor'

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Extract from 'Bhlawa's Inconsolable Spirits' (Deep South, 2023) by Mxolisi Nyezwa For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/bhla...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

From the article, “Instead of a Photograph: Phillip Zhuwao in Honeydew 1995” by Alan Finlay For more, see Alan Finlay's book pages: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/dont... 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/that... For more about Phillip Zhuwao, see his book page: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/sunr...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"mah boy stah" and "sol/o" by Seitlhamo Motsapi from 'earthstepper/the ocean is very shallow' (Deep South, 1995/2003) For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/eart...

Cover Art: Photograph by Ruphin Coudyzer

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

From the short story, "That I cannot say" by Rosamund Stanford, for 'The Water Wheel' (Sabinet), 2004 For more, see Rosamund Stanford's book page on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/the-... For this full short story, see: deepsouth.co.za/pdf/Stanford...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"Deliver her from the depths" from 'Requiem' (Deep South, 2003) by Joan Metelerkamp For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/requ...

Cover Art: William Morris, 'The Strawberry Thief'

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Kelwyn Sole & Kirsten Deane poetry LIVE at The Commons, Cape Town, published with The Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Collective (YouTube Channel), 2024 See: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCxY...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

"The crossing" and "There is a sadness" from 'That kind of door' (Deep South, 2017) by Alan Finlay For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/that...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Deep South & Imbizo Arts invite you to the Port Elizabeth Launch of 'There Was No-one: Selected Poems' by Mzi Mahola Venue: Mendi Arts Centre, New Brighton Date: Wednesday, 12th August 2026 Time: 4.30pm

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

From the article abstract by Lindy Stiebel: "Lewis, meet Lesego: A Comparative View of Lewis Nkosi (1936 - 2010) & Lesego Rampolokeng (b.1965)" for 'Alternation: Interdisciplinary Journal for Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa,' 2023. For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/the-...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

New Deep South release 'There Was No-one: Selected Poems' by Mzi Mahola Deep South invites you to the four launches For more, see below:

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"Still waiting" and "On a hospital bed" from 'KwaNobuhle Overcast' (Deep South, 2019) by Ayanda Billie For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/kwan...

Cover Art: Bretten-Anne Moolman, 'Human Gestures No. 92'

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

From the essay by Jim Pascual Agustin: "Various Histories" first published in 'Bloodred Dragonflies' (Deep South, 2022) and re-published in the 'The Johannesburg Review of Books', 2022. For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/bloo...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"rain poem" and "violent seed" from 'skeptical erections' (Deep South, 2019) by Mxolisi Dolla Sapeta For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/skep...

Cover Art: Mxolisi Dolla Sapeta, 'Echoes 3'

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

From the abstract by Olivier Moreillon: "Of Solitude, Non-Places, and Mutations, in/ and Lesego Rampolokeng’s Poetry of the Nineties" for 'Alternation: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa,' 2023. For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/head...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

"Die verskriklike geklop" from 'geruisloos, ongemerk' (Deep South, 2022) by Henali Kuit For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/geru...

Cover Art: Mary Wafer, 'Untitled IV 2015'

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

From the review by Kobus Moolman of 'That kind of door' by Alan Finlay, for 'Scrutiny2', 2018 For other reviews, see Alan Finlay's book pages on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/that... For this review by Kobus Moolman: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/pdf/Finlay_M...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"The healers" from 'ten flapping elbows, mama' (Deep South, 2004) by Khulile Nxumalo For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/ten-...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

From the abstract for the article by Ayub Sheik: "Word Bomber Supreme! Textual Strategies of Nihilism in the Poetry of Lesego Rampolokeng" for 'Alternation: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa,' 2023. 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/the-...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

"Count-down" and "Train-ride" from 'i lost a poem' (Deep South, 2004) by Mzwandile Matiwana For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/i-lo...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

From the article by Robert Berold: "The Sound of Reading" for 'English in Africa', 2018 For the full article, see Robert Berold's book page on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/all-...

Cover Art: Tammy Griffin, 'Untitled 2000'

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

"Dreams and bread" and "Kiss me" and "Completely clean" from 'a naked bone' (Deep South, 2019) by Mangaliso Buzani For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/a-na...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

From the article by Warrick Swinney: "Stick-fighting against Extinction: End Beginnings and Other Dada Nihilismus Polemics" for 'Alternation: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa', 2023 For the full article, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/bird...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

From the article by Taban lo Liyong: "Indigenous African Literary Forms May Determine the Future Course of World Literature" for 'English in Africa', 2018 For the full article, see Taban lo Liyong's 'After Troy' book page on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/afte...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

"Still waiting" and "On a hospital bed" from 'KwaNobuhle Overcast' (Deep South, 2019) by Ayanda Billie For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/kwan...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

From the article by Danyela Dimakatso Demir: '“Before the Crimson Downpour": Reflections on Lesego Rampolokeng’s Oeuvre in 3 Fragments' for 'Alternation: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts & Humanities in S. Africa', 2023 For full article, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/head...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

"At the wavelength of earth" and "Why I am not an engineer" from 'All the Days' (Deep South, 2008) by Robert Berold For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/all-...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

From the article by Kelwyn Sole: "Black Literature and Performance: Some Notes on Class and Populism" for the 'South African Labour Bulletin', 1983 For the full article, see Kelwyn Sole's 'Walking, Falling' book page on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/walk...

Cover Art: Mongezi Ncaphayi, 'Come on, now - 2013'

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

"We Will Not Allow the Dead to be Silenced" and "How the Pineapple Came to Be" from 'Bloodred Dragonflies' (Deep South, 2022) by Jim Pascual Agustin For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/bloo...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

From the "Tribute to Angifi Dladla" by Kyle Allan for 'New Coin', 2020 For the full Tribute, see Angifi Dladla's book pages on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/lame... 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/the-...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

"My killer's fingers" from 'The incredible beat of my heart' (Deep South, 2021) by Henali Kuit For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/the-...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

From the interview with Karen Press by Michelle McGrane: “Raw materials and poetry making" for 'LitNet', 2005 For the full interview, see Karen Press's 'Heart's Hunger' book page on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/hear...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

"When you judge" from 'Requiem' (Deep South, 2003) by Joan Metelerkamp For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/requ...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

From the article by Kelwyn Sole: “Politics and Working Class Culture: A Response" for the 'South African Labour Bulletin', 1984 For the full article, see Kelwyn Sole's 'Walking, Falling' book page on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/walk...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

"The Mountain" and "Survival" from 'Light and After' (Deep South, 2010) by Kobus Moolman For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/ligh...

Cover Art: Lyn Gilbert, 'Kokerboom Koppie'

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Abstract from the MA thesis by Alan Finlay: “Making space: The counterpublics of post-apartheid independent literary publishing activities (1994-2004)", Wits University, 2009 For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/dont...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The opening sections of the 15-page poem "Ancestral Wealth" from 'Bilakhulu!: Longer Poems' (Deep South, 2015) by Vonani Bila For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/bila...

Cover Art: Colbert Mashile, 'Paesekele se Robege'

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

From the article by Kelwyn Sole: "Oral Performance and Social Struggle in Contemporary Black South African Literature" from 'South Africa: New Writing, Photographs and Art' (Edited by David Bunn and Jayne Taylor) for 'Triquarterly', 1987 For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/walk...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Extract from 'Bird-Monk Seding' (Deep South, 2017) by Lesego Rampolokeng For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/bird...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

From the article by Lesego Rampolokeng: “Outside the Classroom/Off the Page" for 'The Fertile Ground of Misfortune: Teaching Practices in Creative Writing', edited by Stacy Hardy & Robert Berold (ISEA, Makhanda, 2017) For more, see Lesego Rampolokeng's book pages: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/the-...

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Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

"Global Village Idiot" from 'otherwise you well?' (Deep South, 2021) by Richard Fox For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/othe...

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