Diaries, letters & journals
St Mark's Diary
by Norman Morrissey
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The 80 poems in this book chronicle the author's recovery from a parasuicide in a psychiatric clinic in the Eastern Cape in South Africa, while the Iraq War is being televised in the common room. Terse, often witty, often poignant, it reflects the struggles between inner and outer landscapes. The book is accompanied by a mastered CD, read by the poet in his experienced, well-nuanced voice.
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"St Mark's Diary proves the healing power of poetry by demonstrating the connectedness between the writerly (and self-editing) process and honest self-reflection. Morrissey's brevity of style and sure rhythms - both read as well as heard on the accompaning cd - make this book a beautiful testament to a soul surviving great pain." - Silke Heiss
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Feedback on this book has been purely oral and intimate, with the late author responding to people who confessed their mental illness in his community, by giving them copies of the book.
Author Biography
Norman Morrissey (1949 - 2017) was born in Pietermaritzburg in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa.
He gained a Masters Degree in English Literature for his studies on William Butler Yeats. He lectured at the University of Cape Town in 1973; the University of Natal 1976 - 1980; and the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape 1983 - 2002, whence he retired due to ill health.
From 1980 to 1983 he was Ranger Naturalist and Education Officer at the Natal Parks Board.
He committed himself to writing daily in 1979. In 1989 he formed the Ecca Poets group with fellow colleagues at Fort Hare University.
Morrissey published six solo publications during his lifetime, namely -
Seasons (Lovedale Press, 1999); God's Spies (Wilderness Leadership Foundation, 2001); St Mark's Diary (Seaberg, 2004); Dog Latin (Echoing Green Press, 2006); Triptych (Echoing Green Press, 2008); and Strandloop (Echoing Green Press, 2016).
A forthcoming selection of hitherto unpublished or obscurely published poems is being prepared by Echoing Green Press.
Morrissey contributed poems to 19 Ecca Poets publications, and co-authored 8 books with his wife, Silke Heiss.
His manuscripts are being gathered for archiving at Amazwi Literary Museum, Grahamstown.
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- Publisher Seaberg
- Publication Date October 2004
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 0620328738
- Publication Country or regionSouth Africa
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 7.50 EUR
- Pages38
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleSt Mark's Diary
- Original Language AuthorsEnglish
- EditionFirst
- Copyright Year2004
- Page size21,7 x 15,2 (21,7 x 15,2) cm
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