ISBN 9781037007842
Pages 64
Dimensions 198x129 mm
Published 2024
Publisher uHlanga, South Africa
Format Paperback

Fall Risk

by Kobus Moolman

In a stark and breathtaking new sequence of poems, one of South Africa's finest poets makes sense of his mortal body. The poet's disability and ill health lead to distress and confinement, but not silence. In Fall Risk, Kobus Moolman finds a way, through poetic and linguistic experimentation, to express what our bodies cannot say for themselves. Reaching back into our elemental beginnings, contemplating silent rock and running water, we find out something new about how we comprehend the inevitable processes of aging and ailing. Embracing minimalism and arresting natural imagery, Moolman develops not only his lauded and inimitable style, but also new ways in which bodily difference and dysfunction can be put into words. As such, Fall Risk is a significant and original achievement.

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About the Author

Kobus Moolman

Kobus Moolman is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the University of the Western Cape. He has published seven collections of poetry and two plays, and edited a collection of poetry, prose and art by South African writers living with disabilities. He has won numerous local and international awards for his work, including, most recently, for his collection, A Book of Rooms, The Glenna Luschei Award for African Poetry. He was guest editor of the first special issue of Current Writing, a South African journal dedicated entirely to the teaching of creative writing. His first collection of short fiction, the swimming lesson, was published in 2017.