A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

"Voices from South Africa", The Times Literary Supplement, 01 Jul 1949, p. 430 The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive,, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EX1200081494/GDCS?u=linc74325&sid=GDCS&xid=6894c32d. Accessed 15 Dec 2016

Laurence Whistler writes a generally praising critique of South African Poetry, complimenting Guy Butler and R. N. Currey, but suggesting "had the compilers omitted four-fifths of their contributors and increased the contributions of the remainder they could have produced an impressive anthology." At the end of his critique, Whistler questions if there is "such a thing" as South African poetry. He points out that the "liveliest creative minds" desert South Africa for England, calling them "poetic deserters."