Jesus Thesis and Other Critical Fabulations

Download or read book Jesus Thesis and Other Critical Fabulations written by Kopano Maroga and published by Uhlanga. This book was released on 2020-12-09 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.