To complete the coverage of the literary genres, there is a frank and revealing interview with Athol Fugard, and to add visual luster to the entire production there are engravings and woodcuts by two of S outh Africa's best known artists, Cecil Skotnes and Peter Clarke. Few little literary magazines can claim such an impressive eclectic gathering of poems. Illuminations is a magazine for writers and readers. We do not carry reviews or critical articles, and footnotes are rare. Nothing is allowed to come between the writer's text and the reader's engagement with it.
Illuminations still holds faith in the value of words.
You will find nothing fussy or fanciful in our presentation, just the poems and stories clearly and cleanly laid out on the page. The flashes of illumination come from the words themselves, not from any design tricks. Illuminations ' ideal reader is the sort of person who expects poetry to speak for itself, whether it's provocative, probing, or playful. If you're that reader, write to let us know.