RIP CURRENT

55pp., paperback, Indeed Books, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9781049224220

A debut collection of poems that address love, loss, grief, childhood memories, family relationships, exile and homecoming.

“This collection is a dazzling combination of wit, imagination, and emotional impact – the work of an extraordinary mind.” Finuala Dowling

Develoment exonomist Stephen Devereux is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex , UK, and Extraordinary Professor at the Institute for Social Development, University of the Western Cape. He lives in Cape Town. rip current is his first collection.