“Poetry is my home language!” Celebrate a powerful woman healer, poet and publisher this #WomensMonth. Read about @vangi22's poems of defiance and longing in the face of too much silence published by @impephop: https://t.co/fD7pwwxerQ
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Author of Surviving Loss, Busisiwe Mahlangu has been nominated for a Book Behind Award. Support with a text please:
TBBA BFPB124 to 34877
"My mother's mother has done this suffering for my mother
My mother has done this suffering for me
This is how I inherit a scar."
"Publishing is a team effort, you are always part of the machinery that promotes and distributes your book. It is a collaborative effort, whether you are self-publishing or not" #TanyaPretorius@impephop
@saritafrutilla@impephop @IF_SouthAfrica "It's good to have several people proofread, because our eyes get used to fill in the words that we expect to see." @saritafrutilla
@saritafrutilla@impephop @IF_SouthAfrica "Getting negative comments on your poems does not mean you are a bad writer, does not mean your book doesn’t deserve to be published and does not mean your stories are not good. It is just part of the process!" @saritafrutilla
POEM: Clots of blood - "....We were all afraid of God, men and the dark" by vangile gantso (@Vangi22)
Read the rest of the poem - Years of Fire and Ash: South African Poems of Decolonisation.
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Poetry Africa 2021
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an evening with impepho press and friends
In the midst of noise, sometimes, all we need is quiet. impepho press present an hour-long vigil of poetic salve, held by vangile gantsho.