Michele Roberts

Alison Fell

Ann Oosthuizen

Stef Pixner

Tina Reid

First published in 1978, at a time when the brand new word ?sexism? raised hoots of derision, this breakthrough collection mounted a timely and bracing challenge to the white male ownership of the poetic tradition. Produced by a group of feminist writers including Michele Roberts and Alison Fell, ?Licking the Bed Clean? showcases poems that are passionate, perceptive, sometimes hilarious, and crackling with subversive energy, while the original introduction candidly explores questions of art, politics, self-doubt, and the collective process. A breath of fresh air in a Facebook era of branding, marketing and rampant individualism, this collectors' item provides a lasting and invaluable insight into women's struggle to find an authentic voice.

Licking the Bed Clean : five feminist poets

Gcina Mhlope Maud Motanyane Nadine gordimer Gladys Thomas Menan du Plessis Bernadette Mosala Elsa Joubert Ellen Kuzwayo Liseka Mda Fatima Meer Sheila Fugard Bessie Head Miriam Tlali.

Writings by South African Women

Sometimes when it Rains

Sarah's Story is a prize-winning, controversial novel set during three decades, 1961-1986. Sarah Khumalo is a farm worker, who works all her life for the Crewe family on a small holding in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Her family story is the story of the Poqo uprisings, forced removals, small town consumer boycotts, change and murder. Her life is a thread which joins the lives in this community. The novel is an unflinching look at the bitter apartheid years. The novel won the 1996 Bertram's Literature of Africa Award, under the title Close Up.

Ann Oosthuizen

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