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Dec 17, 2023 |
johannesburgreviewofbooks.com | Jarred Thompson
New original fiction in The JRB. ~~~By Jarred ThompsonPoor robot … That’s what father said when we drove past a busted-up traffic light once. The robot’s eyes were vacant, its once straight body disfigured into a yellow smirk. When I think about it, I still hear the crackling-pop of broken glass underneath father’s tyres. I was young. Seeing the carnage that that traffic light was subjected to made me feel … sorry.
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Oct 1, 2023 |
fiyahlitmag.com | Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan |Lysz Flo |Jarred Thompson
My mother grips me tight and begins with the lathering. Sweet seed oil, rubbed so thick onto my skin it streaks brown arms with traces of ghostly white. It fades into a slick gloss as it melts in the morning sun, and the beads of her headdress tap along my arm as she leans over to grip me, to focus. I am old enough to dress myself but also old enough to understand she needs the disguise of kneading the anxious shaking out of her hands.
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Jun 8, 2023 |
litnet.co.za | Joanne Hichens |Jarred Thompson
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Happening tomorrow in the English Department at UP, Hatfield Campus. Last seminar for the semester.
Aina María Díaz analysis will address two main questions in the novel. First, what is the purpose of silence in the narration and how it is represented? Second, how is rage used as a tool for action and inflection in the story? https://t.co/FsaJ8EFanf
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