Sunrise Poison
Phillip Zhuwao
Phillip Zhuwao’s poems in Sunrise Poison are visceral, sharp-witted, linguistically playful, uncompromising in their anarchic intensity. Rich in classical and literary references and following moments of chance, the lines move rapidly between the poet’s inner torment, the scarred landscape of Harare’s townships, and powerful images of rage and beauty.
Date of publication: 2018
ISBN 978-0-9947104-2-0 / ebook ISBN 978-1-928476-28-3
116 pages
200 x 130mm
R160.00
Phillip Zhuwao by © Alan Finlay
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Phillip Zhuwao was born in 1971. He went to school in the Chitungwiza area of Zimbabwe, where his parents were farm labourers. His family was caught up in the liberation war and witnessed much violence. In 1987 they moved to Kuwadzana in Harare, where Zhuwao started reading widely, and met young writers, including Dambudzo Marechera. The poems in Sunrise Poison were written when Zhuwao was 23 years old. In 1996 he travelled to the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown for readings organised by New Coin. At the time of his death in January 1997, he was working on a second book of poems, and had completed two short novels. Books published
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Additional information
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Reviews of this book
Review article by Anthony Chennells on Phillip Zhuwao and his poetry kubatana.net, 2006 text PDF
Interviews & Articles
Interview with Phillip Zhuwao by Alan Finlay Bleksem, 1996 text PDF
Biographical essay by Alan Finlay on Phillip Zhuwao Unpublished, 2020 text PDF
"The Old-Old Man" by Phillip Zhuwao unpublished handwritten manuscript text PDF
"The Baboon Ceremony" by Phillip Zhuwao Bleksem (5), 1996 text PDF
Article by Tadiwa Madenga: "blank verse in freedom’s thinking” Skin Deep, 2020
Other Links
Reviews of other poetry books by Phillip Zhuwao
Review of The red laughter of guns in green summer rain: Chain poems by Phillip Zhuwao & Alan Finlay kasiekulture blog, 2007 text PDF
Introduction to Sunrise Poison
Introduction by Robert Berold to Sunrise Poison by Phillip Zhuwao Deep South, 2018 text PDF
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