Arrival of another day

A South African generation of poets between upheaval and humiliation, between gains and losses. Seismographs of a social upheaval that turns identities and imprints upside down.The search for one's own identity, the feeling of isolation and foreignness, the intimacy of the private sphere as a retreat from the vagueness of an only rudimentarily negotiated whole, combine here with the major political and social themes and illuminate such important topics as possession and loss, freedom and powerlessness, violence and happiness.Eight different voices form an impressive sound fabric and testify to the strength of South African poetry and its rebellious spirit in difficult times. With poems by:Gabeba Baderoon, Vonani Bila, Rustum Kozain, Kgafela oa Magogodi, Mbali Kgosidinsi, Charl Pierre Naudé, Karin Schimke and Phillippa Yaa de Villiers.Selected by Indra Wussow.Translated by Sylvia Geist.