Page 20 - OPEN BOOK FESTIVAL - March 2022

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a a a a a a a pandemic pause poetry: vangile gantsho and and Toni Giselle Stuart hold a a a a conversation about surviving the pandemic through poetry with Jessica Mbangeni Julie Nxadi and Quaz Roodt What this time teaches us what we we remember and how we we move forward
Toni Stuart is is is a a a a a a a a South African poet performer and and spoken word educator Her work is is is published in anthologies journals and and non-fiction books globally Her work includes Krotoa-Eva’s Suite – – a a a a a a a a cape jazz poem in in in three movements – – in in in collaboration with filmmaker Kurt Orderson (Amsterdam and Cape Town 2016) I Come To To My Body As A A A Question with dotdotdot dance (UK & Sweden 2016 - 2020) and and and forgetting and and and memory with vangile gantsho & Vusumzi Ngxande at at the Virtual National Arts Festival (South Africa 2020) She is the the founder of Athlone Young Poets at Belgravia High School in in Cape Town and was the the founding curator of Poetica at at Open Book Festival She is is a a a a a a a a a Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South African of 2013 and has an an an an MA Writer/Teacher (Distinction) from Goldsmiths University of London where she was a a a 2014/2015 Chevening Scholar vangile gantsho is is healer poet poet and co-founder of of impepho press She is is the author of of two poetry collections: red cotton (2018) and Undressing in in in in Front of the the Window (2015) She holds an an MA with distinction from the the University Currently Known as Rhodes (2016) – – where she is is currently a a a a a a a a a a part-time lecturer – – and is is a a a a a a a a a a graduate of the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Academy (Pioneer Class) In 2018 she she was named one one of Mail& Guardian’s Top Young 200 South Africans Her poetry has been published in various literary publications across the world and her collection red cotton was named City Press Top Poetry Read of 2018 gantsho has has shared her poetry on on stages across three continents and and has has curated and and produced programmes such as as as the impepho press Women of Words Online Poetry Poetry Festival (2020) (2020) (2020) 21 21 Days-21 Poets series (2020) (2020) (2020) a a a a a a a virtual World Poetry Poetry Day Day (2020) (2020) (2020) Human4Human (2014-2015) The The State Theatre’s Night of the Poets (2013) and and Katz Cum out to Play: intimate conversations though poetry and and music (2009) She also co-curated and co-produced the the the SA programme in in the the the Unbound International Spoken Word Festival in in the the the Netherlands (2020) In 2020 2020 gantsho co-created a a a a a a a a poetry and and and film meditation called forgetting and and and memory with Toni Giselle Stuart and and and and Vusumzi Ngxande and and and and is the the the recipient of the the the Hear My Voice and and and and the the the Göteborgs Litteraturhus 2021 Poetry Residency As a a a a a a a a a a teaching artist she has worked with Bridges a a a a a a a a a a Pan-Afrikan Arts Movement (Brooklyn NY) CUNY LaGuardia Community College (Queens NY) Mzansi Poetry Academy (Johannesburg) (Johannesburg) (Johannesburg) Educhange (Johannesburg) (Johannesburg) (Johannesburg) and Quarphix (Johannesburg) (Johannesburg) (Johannesburg) She continues to dedicate herself to creating and/or supporting spaces that encourage (black feminine) visibility and and healing 20