My Mother's Laughter

by Chris van Wyk

Overview

Chris van Wyk’s first (and only) book of poems, It Is Time to Go Home, was published in 1979 when he was just 22. He went on to become a well-known and much-loved writer of memoirs, biographies, and children’s stories. But he continued to write poems; some were published in literary magazines and some in his autobiographical book Shirley, Goodness and Mercy (2004). This volume brings together a selection of these poems, along with a substantial selection from his first book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781928476337
Publisher:	Deep South
Publication date:	08/17/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	94
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Chris van Wyk (1957-2014) was a writer of poetry, books for children, a novel, two memoirs, and other books of non-fiction. His famous poem "In Detention" uses a scrambled language to show how Apartheid police lied about the deaths of political detainees.