"The crossing" and "There is a sadness" from 'That kind of door' (Deep South, 2017) by Alan Finlay For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/that...

Deep South & Imbizo Arts invite you to the Port Elizabeth Launch of 'There Was No-one: Selected Poems' by Mzi Mahola Venue: Mendi Arts Centre, New Brighton Date: Wednesday, 12th August 2026 Time: 4.30pm

"Still waiting" and "On a hospital bed" from 'KwaNobuhle Overcast' (Deep South, 2019) by Ayanda Billie For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/kwan...

From the essay by Jim Pascual Agustin: "Various Histories" first published in 'Bloodred Dragonflies' (Deep South, 2022) and re-published in the 'The Johannesburg Review of Books', 2022. For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/bloo...

"rain poem" and "violent seed" from 'skeptical erections' (Deep South, 2019) by Mxolisi Dolla Sapeta For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/skep...

From the abstract by Olivier Moreillon: "Of Solitude, Non-Places, and Mutations, in/ and Lesego Rampolokeng’s Poetry of the Nineties" for 'Alternation: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa,' 2023. For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/head...

"Die verskriklike geklop" from 'geruisloos, ongemerk' (Deep South, 2022) by Henali Kuit For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/geru...

From the review by Kobus Moolman of 'That kind of door' by Alan Finlay, for 'Scrutiny2', 2018 For other reviews, see Alan Finlay's book pages on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/that... For this review by Kobus Moolman: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/pdf/Finlay_M...

"The healers" from 'ten flapping elbows, mama' (Deep South, 2004) by Khulile Nxumalo For more, see: deepsouth.co.za/product/ten-...

"Count-down" and "Train-ride" from 'i lost a poem' (Deep South, 2004) by Mzwandile Matiwana For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/i-lo...

From the article by Robert Berold: "The Sound of Reading" for 'English in Africa', 2018 For the full article, see Robert Berold's book page on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/all-...

"Dreams and bread" and "Kiss me" and "Completely clean" from 'a naked bone' (Deep South, 2019) by Mangaliso Buzani For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/a-na...

From the article by Warrick Swinney: "Stick-fighting against Extinction: End Beginnings and Other Dada Nihilismus Polemics" for 'Alternation: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa', 2023 For the full article, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/bird...

From the article by Taban lo Liyong: "Indigenous African Literary Forms May Determine the Future Course of World Literature" for 'English in Africa', 2018 For the full article, see Taban lo Liyong's 'After Troy' book page on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/afte...

"At the wavelength of earth" and "Why I am not an engineer" from 'All the Days' (Deep South, 2008) by Robert Berold For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/all-...

From the article by Kelwyn Sole: "Black Literature and Performance: Some Notes on Class and Populism" for the 'South African Labour Bulletin', 1983 For the full article, see Kelwyn Sole's 'Walking, Falling' book page on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/walk...

"We Will Not Allow the Dead to be Silenced" and "How the Pineapple Came to Be" from 'Bloodred Dragonflies' (Deep South, 2022) by Jim Pascual Agustin For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/bloo...

From the "Tribute to Angifi Dladla" by Kyle Allan for 'New Coin', 2020 For the full Tribute, see Angifi Dladla's book pages on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/lame... 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/the-...

"My killer's fingers" from 'The incredible beat of my heart' (Deep South, 2021) by Henali Kuit For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/the-...

From the interview with Karen Press by Michelle McGrane: “Raw materials and poetry making" for 'LitNet', 2005 For the full interview, see Karen Press's 'Heart's Hunger' book page on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/hear...

"When you judge" from 'Requiem' (Deep South, 2003) by Joan Metelerkamp For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/requ...

"The Mountain" and "Survival" from 'Light and After' (Deep South, 2010) by Kobus Moolman For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/ligh...

Abstract from the MA thesis by Alan Finlay: “Making space: The counterpublics of post-apartheid independent literary publishing activities (1994-2004)", Wits University, 2009 For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/dont...

The opening sections of the 15-page poem "Ancestral Wealth" from 'Bilakhulu!: Longer Poems' (Deep South, 2015) by Vonani Bila For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/bila...

Extract from 'Bird-Monk Seding' (Deep South, 2017) by Lesego Rampolokeng For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/bird...

From the article by Lesego Rampolokeng: “Outside the Classroom/Off the Page" for 'The Fertile Ground of Misfortune: Teaching Practices in Creative Writing', edited by Stacy Hardy & Robert Berold (ISEA, Makhanda, 2017) For more, see Lesego Rampolokeng's book pages: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/the-...

"Global Village Idiot" from 'otherwise you well?' (Deep South, 2021) by Richard Fox For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/othe...

From the article by Kelwyn Sole: “Bird Hearts Taking Wing: Trends in Contemporary South African Poetry Written in English" for 'World Literature Today', 1996 For the full article, see Kelwyn Sole's 'Walking, Falling' book page on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/walk...

Two extracts from 'Under dark under branches' by Joan Metelerkamp (Deep South, 2024) For more, see: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/unde...

From the article by Colleen Higgs: “Writing: Colleen Higgs – My Mother, My Madness, Or Processed Via Publishing” for Bruce Dennill's 'pARTicipate' blog, 2020 For the full article, see Colleen Higgs's 'my mother, my madness' book page on the Deep South website: 🔑: deepsouth.co.za/product/my-m...