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\nDear Friends of Nathaniel’s Blog Page,
\nYou are cordially invited to a festive book launch to be held on thursday 3 november at 6:30pm (18h30). The venue is the newly opened XARRA BOOKS – No. 1, Central Place, Newtown, Johannesburg. This exciting new afrocentric book store is a real alternative to the exclusivity of the musty malls. Contact them at info@xarrabooks.com or call June on 083-2361825.<\/p>\n
Oh yes, and before we forget, the book to be launched is JOU MA SE POEMS (Pine Slopes Publications) ISBN \u00c2\u00a0 0-9584874-9-9
\nJOU MA SE POEMS is a collection culled from the hundreds of poems by Aryan Kaganof that have been published on the internet by diverse literary sites, including Exquisite Corpse, A Dead Mule, Howling Dog Press, Jack Magazine, Eratio, Donga and many others.
\nIt’s an ideal way to get addicted to the voluminous output of the poet described by literary critic Paul Wessels as “life’s recording angel”. All of his best loved poems are here as well as the first publication of his “vertical mesostic”, a tribute to John Cage.<\/p>\n
The launch will be accompanied by a rare performance of FREEDOM FIGHTER, the post-blues avant gospel formation that everyone’s talking about. Featuring Dax “tovenaar” Butler on electric guitar, Joel “assagai” Assaizky on electric bass, Derek “green africa” Davey on drums and Aryan “caruso” Kaganof on vocals.<\/p>\n
The book retails for R150 but will be on sale at the launch for only R100 so bring cash and buy extra copies – it’s the ideal Christmas present for people who don’t believe in Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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