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Join us for the launch of Matric Rage!

October 13, 2015

uHlanga – South Africa's progressive poetry press – invites you to the Cape Town launch of Matric Rage, the debut collection by one of South Africa's most exciting young poets, Genna Gardini.

The eagerly-awaited debut from one of the country’s most exciting young poets, Matric Rage is Genna Gardini’s reckoning with youth, womanhood and mortality. With hyper-literate, humourous and often heartbreaking poems, Gardini signals a wind change in South African poetry – where the personal is not just political, but polemical, too. In sickness and sex, misogyny and manners, this is a collection that, above all, showcases a powerful writer coming unapologetically into her own.

Join us at 1730 (for 1800), for a discussion with – and readings from – Genna, as well as delicious Leopard's Leap wine and snacks, courtesy of the Book Lounge.

Books will be on sale, and Genna may deign to sign them and chat with you.

DJ iPod will be on the decks with a sweet playlist of the phattest hits from MATRIC RAGE BALLITO/UMHLANGA circa 2004/5.

This printing of this book was made possible partially by a grant from the Arts & Culture Trust and Nedbank Arts Affinity.

Matric Rage is available from all good bookstores from November.

Join the event on Facebook here.

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About uHlanga

uHlanga is a small South African poetry press run by Nick Mulgrew.

Our books are available to order from all retail bookstores in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Our distributors are Protea Distribution in Cape Town and can be reached at +2721 001 7618.

Outside of South Africa, many of our books are available print-on-demand through the African Books Collective.

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uHlanga is proud to present ‘a corpse is also a garden’, the first English poetry collection by @pietermodendaal 🌸🌾 “Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal is one of the leading young Afrikaans poets of his generation. In this, a self-transl
uHlanga is proud to present ‘a corpse is also a garden’, the first English poetry collection by @pietermodendaal 🌸🌾 “Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal is one of the leading young Afrikaans poets of his generation. In this, a self-translated selection of poems from his first two collections, readers in English get to experience Odendaal’s stunningly confident and self-deconstructing work for the first time.” Odendaal’s understated, precise style exhibits a maturity beyond his years – whether he is reckoning with the hideous deeds of his ancestors, the tribulations of young love, or the various everyday beauties and horrors of modern South Africa. These are poems that affirm our deepest and most profound connections, both with each other and our environments – the places that birth us, and the earth to which we all return. 🌿🫛 Available in August, you can read more about ‘a corpse is also a garden’ now: https://uhlangapress.co.za/pieter-madibuseng-odendaal-a-corpse-is-also-a-garden #uHlanga #CorpsePoems #poet #poems #PieterMadibusengOdendaal
In 2014, uHlanga was born as a small poetry magazine from KwaZulu-Natal. There were too few places that celebrated South African poetry, especially that of writers just starting out. We began publishing books in 2015. Ten years later, we’ve pu
In 2014, uHlanga was born as a small poetry magazine from KwaZulu-Natal. There were too few places that celebrated South African poetry, especially that of writers just starting out. We began publishing books in 2015. Ten years later, we’ve published both debut writers and established voices. We’ve seen our books win national and international prizes, live on in syllabuses, and be pressed into the hands of new readers who whisper, “This one changed me.” We’ve spent a decade building a home for South African poetry that is bold, quiet, strange, familiar, brave and yes, beautiful. To everyone who has submitted, published, read, stocked, reviewed, taught, shared, or loved an uHlanga book — thank you. Here’s to ten years of poems. And to whatever comes next 📚 #uHlanga #TenYearsOfUhlanga #poetry #poemspoemspoems
“In summer, a time of plenty, I spread leaves like puzzle pieces. I want to create an Eden forever green. Recreate that moment between man and serpent. The breeze is disobedient, and the leaves fleet away like dust.” With exquisite clari
“In summer, a time of plenty, I spread leaves like puzzle pieces. I want to create an Eden forever green. Recreate that moment between man and serpent. The breeze is disobedient, and the leaves fleet away like dust.” With exquisite clarity and poise, @nondwe’s debut collection guides us through dreamscapes of ritual, harvest and destitution – of tornado-stricken villages, mythical beings, and the eternally evanescent promise of love. Born in 1995, in Lubaleko, emaXesibeni, on the rural plains of the Eastern Cape, Mpuma was a a Mellon Mays Fellow during her undergraduate studies. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of the Western Cape, and is currently a lecturer at the same institution. ⚘ 2017 Patricia Schonstein Poetry in McGregor Award ⚘ Shortlisted for the 2023 NIHSS Award for Best Poetry 📗 Buy it now at @booklounge Author 📸 by the author #uHlanga #poetry #poemspoemspoems #NondweMpuma #poet #PeachCountryPoems

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