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For the past fourteen years, Joan Metelerkamp has been
writing her way out of the ordinary, the mundane, the complacent, the inert.
Nothing short of a total revaluation of poetry, of writing, of creativity, of
what it means to be alive.
more of you is a work of unparalleled force and beauty. It is an
impersonal and exhilarating read – a searing intersection of breath and breadth,
image and vision, desire and practical philosophy – implicating the reader in
complex and revealing ways.
Joan Metelerkamp is the author of
five highly-acclaimed books of poetry:
Towing The Line (Carrefour, 1992)
"radically subverts conventional poetic discourse" - Rod MacKenzie, WEEKLY
MAIL
Stone no more (Gecko, 1995)
"intelligent, argumentative, complex, and intriguing" - Dan Wylie, MAIL &
GUARDIAN
"illuminates the sacramental in the ordinary ... [an] overwhelming sense of
integrity and depth" - Catherine Woeber, NEW COIN
"her very authentic writing is meticulous and controlled, painting vivid
pictures, the content is often wistful and searching" - James Mitchell, THE
STAR
Into the day breaking (Gecko, 2000)
"a remarkable record of place and consciousness ... these poems evade
nothing" - Robert Berold, SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
"Joan Metelerkamp’s poetry articulates itself in immediacy ... songs of
unmediated presence" - Paul Wessels, CAPE TIMES
"Metelerkamp’s strength lies in the way she is able to confront the political
on a highly personal level and make it part of her life ... a mature,
thought-provoking collection" - Peter Midgley, AFRICAN BOOK PUBLISHING
RECORD
Floating Islands (Mokoro, 2001)
"her words are what they signify/ the silence that ties them together is the
metaphor" - Nadine Botha, WORDSTOCK
Requiem (Deep South, 2003)
"this poet doesn’t write floridly or introspectively; she writes as if her
life and death depended on it ... the book has dignity ... We are taken to a
place not of resolve but of potential ... Requiem is a testament to this way of
life" - Br. John Forbis (OHC), SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
"Requiem overwhelms my feelings. [These poems] press me to examine and
question some of what I've believed about art, truth-telling, pain, love, and
more" - Lionel Abrahams
"I found myself flinching… gasping. These are poems that do not pretend or
dissemble. …they refuse to accept simple consolations. Metelerkamp is writing
her way through these poems" - Kobus Moolman
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