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Poetry Review: An Illuminated Darkness
Poetry Review: An Illuminated Darkness

“Rage and reflection are held in perfect tension in Jacques Coetzee’s An Illuminated Darkness, published by uHlanga Press. In poems that range from confessional to conversational in tone, imbued with Coetzee’s signature musicality, the poet portrays an emotional landscape with rich, sensuous detail.”

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New poem! 'God is a mother and she is everywhere, everywhere'
New poem! 'God is a mother and she is everywhere, everywhere'

How did Jonah survive the belly of the whale? Was my grandmother a secret priestess? Is God really a masculine energy - He seems more like a Mother, a She, to me.

I dedicate my poem to Fidelina Sandoval, my Honduran friend, fellow feminist, mother and magic maker. For all those afternoons we spent drinking coffee and cooking beans and eggs and grinding corn to make flour and surviving our kids and drinking wine, after.

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SABC Morning Live Interview
SABC Morning Live Interview

“The Other Foundation and Jacana Literary Foundation's annual Gerald Kraak Anthology that contains African Perspectives on Gender, Social Justice and Sexuality have released their third volume titled 'The Heart of the Matter'. Described as a soft, subtle, deeply literary collection of stories by one of its curators Sisonke Msimang, this year's edition traverses the human condition in social settings, migration, motherhood, lonely masculinity, intersexuality, erotic and familial love - while retaining sensitivity and warmth. Via Skype we have Megan Ross, and Jarred Thompson joins us in studio, They are just two of the many contributors to the book.”

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