This short story, The Glassblower’s Daughter, was first published by Enkare Review and later on Fresh Ink. It is now without a home so I thought I’d give it one on my website.
Read MoreThe Glassblower's Daughter →
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13 November 2019. Jacques Coetzee is both a poet and a musician. Here he is seen in the recording studio.
Poetry Review: An Illuminated Darkness
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“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.”
Read More'I Don't Know Where We're Going But I'll Know it When We Get There' published in Isele Magazine
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“We sew new watering holes into our online ecosystems and drench ourselves in data. Hand sanitizer is our new holy water and even our greetings have become bone.”
Read MoreIsele Magazine is Here (and I'll be Guest Editing Nonfiction)
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Ukamaka Olisakwa, a phenomenal writer who I deeply admire, has kindly asked me to guest-edit nonfiction for the first issue of her new publication, Isele Magazine
Read MoreThe Heart of the Matter is a LAMBDA Literary Award Finalist - Oprah Mag →
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The Heart of the Matter: The Gerald Kraak Anthology Volume III is a LAMBDA Literary Award Finalist
Read MoreHotel Africa is born!
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‘Hotel Africa’ - my latest book cover art for Short Story Day Africa.
Read MoreNew poem! 'God is a mother and she is everywhere, everywhere'
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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.
Read MoreSABC Morning Live Interview
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“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.”
Read MoreNew poem in 20.35 Africa: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry →
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I am thrilled to announce that a new poem of mine is included in Issue II of 20.35 Africa: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry.
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