In this issue:

ENGLISH ALIVE

A story to be told, Robyn Evans 12 // Ask, Tristan King 13 // I am, Letago Makhafola 14 // Xhosa, Milani Vakala 15 // Mourning the living, Inge van der Westhuizen 17 // The man on the island, Timothy Sparks 18 // Mindlessness, Lutfiya Dadabhay 20

POETRY

Horns for Mankunku Ngozi, Kabelo Mofokeng 27 // Wall of denials, Abu Bakr Solomons 29 // Self-portrait underneath a curtain of sorrow, Faswillah Nattabi 30 // Collected Amnesia, Faswillah Nattabi 31 // The final mutilation, Faswillah Nattabi 32 // Hooks in the water, Basil du Toit 33 // Thinking in a marrow-bone, Basil du Toit 35 // Green Market Square, Cape Town 1989, Christine Coates 37 // Toyi-toying for Tutu, Christine Coates, 38 // In defence of over-sentimentality, Loic Ekinga 39 // Slow Puncture, Loic Ekinga 40 // This is not a cry for help, Loic Ekinga 41 // Untitled 1, Katleho Khaola 42 // Untitled 2, Katleho Khaola 43 // Crossings, Marí Peté 45 // The first time I saw a ghost, Nicol Gowar 47 // beatitude I, Jeremy Teddy Karn 48 // beatitude II, Jeremy Teddy Karn 50 // The Visitor, Leanne Francis 51 // The Shampoo, Leanne Francis 52 // Roots, Leanne Francis 53 // gold leafing, Iyra Maharaj 54 // the witch in glass wind cycles, Iyra Maharaj 55 // Phantom Child, Pakama Mlokoti 56 // Vocation, P.R. Anderson 57 // The Letters, P.R. Anderson 58 // Walking, Jeannie McKeown 59 // Berries, Robyn Porteous 61 // Salani Kahle, Kirby Manià 62 // Ibhubesi eliselincane, LLM Mbatha 63 // Incwadi yothando yesiZulu, LLM Mbatha 64 // Umuzi onjani lona, LLM Mbatha 65 // The Stick Has No Kraal, Lucas Zulu 66 // The Wild-plum, Lucas Zulu 67 // Ephemeral Eternities, Meshalini Govender 68 // Uganda, Sarah Mudeebe 69 // Hosta guacamol, James Dewey 71 // Hail, Robyn Bloch 73 // bruised male flowers, Tshegofatjo Makhafola 75 // the funeral, Tshegofatjo Makhafola 77

PROSE

D44, Carla Chait 81 // The Cost of Flights, Robyn Perros 90 // Old Man Salmon, Sadie Scotch 92 // The Bird and the Beggar, Ramtin Mesgari 100 // The Rape of Galatea, Toney Dimos 104 // The Results, Joseph A. Schiller 114 // Don’t Cause Trouble, James Roth 117