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Jarred Thompson
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English Lecturer, University of Pretoria
Johannesburg
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Biography
Jarred Thompson is queer male, Johannesburg-based, South African writer whose poetry has been published in Type House Literary Magazine, Sky Island Journal, New Contrast Journal and the 2017 Sol Plaatje Award and Anthology. His chapbook, Universes and Paradoxes was shortlisted for the Kingdom in the Wild Poetry Prize and he has a chapbook (Twilight People) forthcoming from The 2019/2020 Online Praxis Magazine Chapbook Series. His fiction publications include The Johannesburg Review of Books, ImageOutWrite (2018), and The Heart of The Matter (2019) among others. His short story, Changing I’s, was longlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and his poetry and fiction has been shortlisted for the 2019 Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology (2019). His non-fiction work includes titles relating to Queer Pan-Africanism, Violence in Gay Male Intimate Relationships and Non-Monogamy in Queer Relationships among others. He has just completed his Masters in English through the University of Johannesburg. When he is not writing he is practicing his chaturangas, walking in nature or binge watching series.
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By Jarred Thompson| The Johannesburg Review of Books@ 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.
By Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan, Lysz Flo, Jarred Thompson| FIYAH Literary Magazine Verified 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.
Short.Sharp.Stories anthology Fluid: interview with Jarred Thompson, author of the short story "What we ride in on"
By Joanne Hichens, Jarred Thompson| litnet.co.za@ Shares45Facebook45Tweet0Pin0Print0Email0LinkedIn0Short.Sharp.Stories is a platform showcasing top and emerging South African fiction writers. The theme of this year’s anthology is Fluid – freedom to be. Fluid, this year’s Short.Sharp.Stories anthology, seeks to engage fictional expression around identity, culture and society. Joanne Hichens conducts interviews with the respective short story writers.
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