Jesus thesis and other critical fabulations : poems / by Kopano Maroga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maroga, Kopano, 1994- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South African poetry (English)--21st century.

South African poetry (English).

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

100 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Durban, South Africa : uHlanga, 2020.

Summary:

"In a provocative yet unexpectedly tender debut, Kopano Maroga immerses themself in Christian myth and mystery, emerging reborn. In a riotous, innovative and unapologetic display of self-exposure, self-examination and self-love, Maroga appropriates and creates a (sometimes literal) collage of religious imagery, sexual want, and embodiedness - eventually widening their gaze to encompass the realities faced by black, queer, femme and trans folk in South Africa and further afield. Indeed, these are poems of pain, loss, introspection, and regret; but they are also works of great and usual beauty, depth, desire, and ambition - in sum, the evidence of a powerful new voice in South African poetry."--African Books Collective description. https://www.africanbookscollective.com/books/jesus-thesis-and-other-critical-fabulations

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Man Of Sorrows, A Tender Shoot

Jesus Thesis

Wings

Morning eucharist

Grief Song

Don't ask

In the desert you cannot cry

Epithet

Sodom and gomorrah

Lot's wife and the name we forgot

And it shall be opened unto you

(Don't you know) even uncle torn gets the blues

Touch hungry & leaking

Maybe this time

Temperance

Jesus wept

Rose Of Sharon, Flower Of The Field

In my mother's garden

Flower boy fuck me gently

Bud to bloom

Wanderlust

Beka Ilitye

Someone i love asked me for the definition of humidity

Rose Of Sharon, Flower Of The Field (com:)

Nectar

Ode to brandon cody ending in a rainstorm of flowers

A benediction

Marco, polo

Instructions for opening the heart

Slow puncture

Spectres

Let love be a field of asteroids

More! more! more!

Immanuel, Wonderful In Counsel

It's been so long

(...) It is a situation

A remedy for crucifixion

Archangel

At swim, two boys

Heart, remembered

Jesus was once a boy

Whatever Happened

Practice makes present

(Just) enough moonlight.

ISBN:

1990968651

9781990968655

OCLC:

1224162846

Publisher Number:

99992179491