Anthology

Poetry Non-Scenes: New performance poems beyond the struggle

In late 2024, we launched our anthology Poetry Non-Scenes: New performance poems beyond the struggle.  A few weeks after its release, the anthology became uHlanga Press's fifth best-selling title of the year. It was launched at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, Bridge Books and Book Circle Capital in May 2025. 

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Poetry Non-Scenes: New performance poems beyond the struggle features poems produced by the school learners, university students and working professionals who attended our Johannesburg and Pretoria workshops. Below is the anthology's blurb:

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A collection of performance poetry from a range of the freshest South African voices - school learners, university students, and working professionals.

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Compiled from two workshops held in 2024, these poems show that the poetry is also of the page, covering an array of subjects and unrestricted by form. Edgy, experimental and passionate, here are diverse and dynamic reflections on the present moment in South Africa and the world, by those who will write its future.

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Poetry Non-Scenes: New performance poems beyond the struggle is available for purchase at independent book stores such as Love Books and Book Circle Capital. You may also purchase it online.

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