The Meaning of John Berger
John Berger, who died on January 2, turned 90 in November last year. A Jar of Wild Flowers (Zed Books), a collection of essays written by his friends and artistic collaborators in celebration of Berger, and edited by Yasmin Gunaratnam and Amarjit Chandan, was published at the time — as a present to this singular poet, [...]
Extract: The Chronicles of Nonyana the Bird alias Ntwana the Kid
It’s festive term again police evacuate tramps from beaches, parks and passageways for the ease and security of tourists & revellers my friend Theliweni says it’s a lofty project these folks bring money to the city we hobos shall benefit a lot from the trickle-down effect for now we must hustle thirty bucks a [...]
The Living Voice
Review: John Berger’s Collected Poems The tongue Is the spine’s first leaf Forests of language surround it -Words II From the gazals and qawwalis of Lahore to the rhymes dropped in the ghettos of Los Angeles and Paris, the poetic impulse continues to flourish as [...]
Let the Dead Be in their Un-rest
There are those who hope, like me, not to arrive. Arthur Nortje, “My mother was a woman.” The clamour began as soon as the news broke in June 2014 that Nat Nakasa’s body was to be returned to South Africa. Nakasa was exhumed from his burial place in [...]