This is the long-awaited first book of poetry by Khulile Nxumalo, one of the most innovative younger poets of South Africa. *** Khulile Nxumalo was born in Diepkloof, Soweto, in 1971. He lives in Johannesburg with his partner and two children, and pays the rent by working in television as a writer, researcher, and director. His poems have been published in South Africa, Canada, the UK, and the US.