Unpacking Poetry by Haidee Kruger

Haidee Kruger: shaking language out of the furrows of habit

Gary Cummiskey interviews Haidee Kruger at The Dye Hard Interviews.

Gary Cummiskey In Conversation With Haidee Kruger At The Launch Of Her New Collection, The Reckless Sleeper

New From Tearoom Books: Reader Digest

Open publication - Free publishing - More chapbook

Reader Digest is a free e-chapbook of poetry and recipes, compiled by Pravasan Pillay and Victoria Williams, and featuring 13 poets from 5 different countries. Poets were asked to pair their poems with a suitable recipe and the result is a deliciously good read.

The poets are: Philip Burton, John L. Cope, Gary Cummiskey, Heshel Heller, Eva Jackson, Anton Krueger, Haidee Kruger, Joan McNerney, Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah, Joanna O’Connor, V.W. Sparkes, Pȁr Svensson and Adam Taylor.

The chapbook can be viewed by clicking on the window above. Alternatively, it can be downloaded HERE. The Embed codes for platforms such as Blogger, Wordpress, MySpace, and Facebook can also be found after the link. Please write to tearoombooks@gmail.com if you have any difficulties.

Forthcoming from Tearoom Books

Tearoom Books is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Reader Digest, a free e-chapbook of poetry and recipes. Compiled by Pravasan Pillay and Victoria Williams, the chapbook features 13 poets from 5 different countries. The poets are: Philip Burton, John L. Cope, Gary Cummiskey, Heshel Heller, Eva Jackson, Anton Krueger, Haidee Kruger, Joan McNerney, Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah, Joanna O’Connor, V.W. Sparkes, Pȁr Svensson and Adam Taylor.

Haidee Kruger on Romancing the Dead

"...It’s just as well I waited before reading Gary Cummiskey’s new poetry chapbook, Romancing the Dead, published by Tearoom Books. Sure, there’s plenty of razorwire, but it’s not the razorwire that will get you. It’s the big, hollow, echoing melancholy below the jagged, surreal surface. Gary’s deadpan surrealism is December on the Highveld, with its blisters of hot tar and endlessly bleached afternoons that hide the sinkholes quietly opening up below.

(And I love the cover, with its austerely retronostalgic look. The design sensibility over at Tearoom Books is totally lovely.)"

First published on Messy Things With Words

Forthcoming publication from Dye Hard Press: Green Dragon 6

Contributors to this forthcoming issue of the newly relaunched Green Dragon are Alan Finlay, Arja Salafranca, Haidee Kruger, Janet van Eerden, Joop Bersee, Kelwyn Sole, Kobus Moolman, Tania van Schalkwyk, Megan Hall, Cecilia Ferriera, Anton Krueger, Allan Kolski Horwitz, Goodenough Mashego, David wa Maahlamela, Vonani Bila, Mphutlane wa Bofelo, Aryan Kaganof, Neo Molefe Shameeyaa, Colleen Higgs, Gus Ferguson, Brent Meersman, Kai Lossgott, Daniel Browde, Mick Raubenheimer and Mxolisi Nyezwa. Lyrics from Durban folk group The Litchis.

ISBN:978-0-620-43490-4

Publication scheduled for May/June.
Pricing to be confirmed.

Haidee Kruger's Short Review of Glumlazi

Witty, brittle, wry vignettes. Beware their simplicity - some will leave you smarting. A distilled kind of complexity. One of my favourites:

mama was the pin
house was the grenade
mama was the pin

(And I have to say: I love the cover.)

First published here