The gravity of the lover
So, mother, like Johannesburg, you cut me
in deep, imaginative and resourceful ways. A cut from you was a project.
Thinking of you, staring at you,...
Virgil
I have to stop smoking so much. I think of
knitting. I think of the wool I will buy. I think of everything I will...
Starling
I never had
that kind of attention. I never received that kind of loud applause. Never
called love rapture, or, passionate. We don’t talk anymore about...
NEUM (Non-European Unity Movement)
There is a
relentless battle against all agents amongst the oppressed peoples who served
the function and cause of Herrenvolkinism, Baasskap, foreign domination, and
exploitation of the...
Petya Dubarova
You grew up
in Burgas. I grew up in Port Elizabeth.By the sea buzzing with bluebottles
every January. This is a kind of lamentation for thunder,...
Holden Caulfield
My
grandfather was just as handsome as Jerome David Salinger. We weren’t Jewish
though, or at least I never went to the best schools. I never...
The genius of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell
Old friend,
loving sister, this is goodbye. I’m journeying once again into the wilderness,
but this time without you. I promise you that I won’t think...
Came here to forget the book thief
“You’re
misbehaving. You’re misbehaving, Emily. Go to your room. Write if you must.
Your verses.”
“I’m humming.
I’m singing. I’m happy. You should be happy for me. Seldom...
The Fort: The Oliver Tambo University
The main
reason for this proposal is that many, if not all, my teachers at the South End
High School received their education at the aforementioned...
The Teenager and Suicide
The
escalation in the number of teenagers who have suicidal thoughts, attempt
suicide and commit suicide has called for a reappraisal of this sad state of
affairs....