There is a nice wee entry on the Literary Tourism website about Pravasan Pillay, compiled just after the publication of his previous book, Aiyo!, and containing an extract from his short story 'Crooks' in his debut collection, Chatsworth.
Received a load of material -- publications of art and poetry, postcards and an original artwork -- of French artist and poet Pascal Ulrich, from Robert Roman in France.
Last year I conducted a Dye Hard Interview with Roman about Ulrich's life and work.
Thank you, Robert Roman!
Good to see that Outside the cave: selected poems by Gary Cummiskey, has landed in the hands of Richard Pithouse.
Outside the cave contains a selection of 30 years' work, and is selected and introduced by Kobus Moolman. It was published by Dye Hard Press and copies are still available.
Contact cummiskeyg@gmail.com to order. Regret South Africa only, unless you are prepared for pay for an international courier.
Drop out, turn on and tune in to 'I telephoned God', about 40 minutes of me reading my poetry, released by Sloow Tapes in Belgium.
I telephoned God was originally released on cassette tape.
Cover art by French poet and collagist Bruno Sourdin.
https://sloowtapes.bandcamp.com/album/gary-cummiskey-i-telephoned-god
I visited David Krut Bookstore in Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg, today for the first time in about five years and was chuffed to see a copy of Pravasan Pillay 's Chatsworth, published by Dye Hard Press in 2018.
Pravasan's new book, Curry and Bread, is available from Exclusive Books, Love Books in Melville, Johannesburg, madeindurban.co.za and Clarke's in Cape Town.
Curry and Bread is also available from Exclusive Books in Gauteng, Love Books in Melville, madeindurban.co.za, and Clarke's in Cape Town.
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Your poems are autobiographical in that they draw on your own experiences, from your past in South Africa and your present, adjusting to a new life in South Korea. What are your thoughts about confessional poetry, and do you prefer such personal poetry to more objective, impersonal work?
I love confessional poetry – it is the reason why I am enamored with poetry at all. As for objective, impersonal poetry, I’m not sure that I’ve come across much of it. Poetry is art and objective art seems to me a bit paradoxical. As I’ve matured as a reader and writer, I’ve found myself more and more drawn to poetry that plays with language ... Read more.
A warm and enthusiastic review of Pravasan Pillay's new book has been published in Daily Maverick.
Curry and Bread is available from Exclusive Books, Love Books in Melville, Johannesburg, madeindurban.co.za and Clarke's in Cape Town.
Curry and Bread is available from Exclusive Books, Love Books in Melville, Johannesburg, madeindurban.co.za and Clarke's in Cape Town.
