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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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  [Fiction Issue] Read ‘Centres of Gravity’ by Jarred Thompson

  By Jarred Thompson

  Dec. 18, 2023

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  Issue #28: BELONGING

  By Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan, Lysz Flo, Jarred Thompson

  Oct. 01, 2023

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  Short.Sharp.Stories anthology Fluid: interview with Jarred Thompson, author of the short story "What we ride in on"

  By Joanne Hichens, Jarred Thompson

  Jun. 09, 2023

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