Jesus Thesis and Other Critical Fabulations

<p>In a provocative yet unexpectedly tender debut Kopano Maroga immerses themself in Christian myth and mystery emerging reborn. </p><p>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.</p>