Table of Contents
RESEARCH ARTICLE ... 3
Shelves of Books, Piles of Books, References and Lists of Books as Performances of Metrics and Expertise by Anna Nguyen ... 3
SHORT STORY ... 12
Birdwatching by Mia Uys... 12
POETRY ... 22
I learn to smile with my eyes – Jerome Coetzee ... 22
It feels like home - Jerome Coetzee ... 23
Upper Body Strength - Jamie Conway ... 24
Kaleidoscope - Jamie Conway... 25
Upside Down - Jamie Conway ... 26
Falling - Jamie Conway ... 27
Pandora’s Box - Jamie Conway ... 28
Wet marks - Kirsten Deane... 29
Alone - Kirsten Deane ... 30
Grey landscapes - Sumayyah Koli ... 32
Behind closed windows and open curtains - Sumayyah Koli ... 33
The battle on my tongue - Sumayyah Koli ... 35
Death, the one certainty in life - Aisha Rowbottom ... 37
No Space Left Between - Aisha Rowbottom ... 39
Alone - Celine Solomons ... 40
Fear - Celine Solomons ... 41
The New Normal - Tayyibah Tahier ... 42
CONTRIBUTORS ... 43
EDITORIAL BOARD ... 47 ABOUT THE JOURNAL ... 48