A Dye Hard Interview with Pravasan Pillay from 2011

 

Back in 2011 -- a long time before Chatsworth and Aiyo! were published, I conducted an interview with Pravasan Pillay. In it he talks about his press Tearoom Books, his poetry chapbook Glumlazi, his collaboration with Anton Krueger, Shaggy, and, needless to say, his sense of humour. Read the interview here. 

Glumlazi by Pravasan Pillay

Glumlazi is a first collection by Durban poet Pravasan Pillay, published by new small press Tearoom Books. A beautiful little debut volume, these SMS-like poems range from two to seven lines each. Two of them are as follows:

House was the grenade

Mama was the pin

and

Down the tunnels

where the lights are always on

there are still shadows

Available at R40 including postage. For order information, contact info@tearoombooks.com or tearoombooks@gmail.com.