Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Splinters of a Mirage Dawn, An Anthology of Migrant Poetry from South Africa




Contributors

Adebola Fawole
Amitabh Mitra
Arpana Caur
Campbell Macfarlane
Femi Abodunrin
Geoffrey Haresnape
Graham Vivian Lancaster
Jean-Marie Spitaels
Lucas Mkuti
Naomi Nkealah
Nikki Kirby
Philani Amadeus Nyoni
Raphael d'Abdon
Renos Nicos Spanoudes
Rodwell Makombe
Sarah Rowland Jones
Sarita Mathur
Sharon Moeno
Tendai R. Mwanaka
Tsitsi S.A. Sachikonye
Victoria Pereira

Art by Arpana Caur and Amitabh Mitra

Edited by Amitabh Mitra and Naomi Nkealah

A Poets Printery Publication

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Sunday, October 6, 2013

The book has arrived

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A copy of the sample book, Splinters of a Mirage Dawn, Anthology of Migrant Poetry of South Africa, the book would be available as soft and hard cover with jacket editions. Poets involved in this project would be receiving their copies soon.

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Splinters of a Mirage Dawn, Migrant Poetry of South Africa is now with our printers

Finally, Splinters of a Mirage Dawn, A compilation of Migrant Poetry of South Africa is now with our printers.
To be brought out in Hard Cover with a Jacket and Soft Cover Edition, this book is the first of its kind, exploring words within images in muted forms, daring to reveal the plight, confronting Xenophobia, Complex Humanitarian Emergencies and Genocide in Africa.

Please book your copies in advance.

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Art by Arpana Caur

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Draft Cover of Splinters of a Mirage Dawn, An Anthology of Migrant Poetry from South Africa

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1947, Memories, Oil on Canvas by Arpana Caur

When India turned 50 in 1997, I did a painting of my maternal grandfather Dr. M. S. Bajaj who migrated with his whole family, carrying the Holy Book on his head and a bundle of memories on his back. 

Arpana Caur