Mxolisi Nyezwa Editor

From 1989 to 1999 Robert Berold edited the poetry journal New Coin, publishing much of the groundbreaking new poetry being written in South Africa in the 1990s. He has edited over 20 collections of poetry by various South African poets, as well as the anthology of 90s poetry It All Begins and a book of interviews with poets South African Poets on poetry, both published by UKZN Press. He is the publisher of the poetry press Deep South. He lives in France.

The introduction is by Mxolisi Nyezwa, who grew up in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, South Africa where he still lives. He runs a shop and business support service from a steel container in Motherwell township. He is founder and editor of the cultural magazine Kotaz, now in its 14th year. His own poetry collections include Malikhanye (2011) Song Trials (2000) and New Country (2008).