first Afrikaans author to have dealt with lesbianism from an insider's point of view. She imposes a humorous and satirical twist on most of the subjects she tackles. Volumes of poetry Hartskrif (1985) ("Heart Script") Bitterlemoene (1986) ("Bitter oranges") Die anatomie van melancholie (1987) ("The anatomy of melancholy") Palinodes (1987) Geslote baan (1988) ("Closed circuit") Donker labirint (1989) ("Dark labyrinth") Gesteelde appels (1989) ("Stolen apples") Kriptonemie (1989) ("Cryptonomy") Verdraaide raaisels (1990) ("Twisted riddles") Die somber muse (1990) ("The sombre muse") Tachycardia (1990) Die verlore simbool (1991) ("The lost symbol") Interne verhuising (1995) ("Internal house moving") Ewebeeld (1997) ("Mirror image") Lykdigte (2000) ("Memorial poems") Ruggespraak (2002) ("Talking back") Die buigsaamheid van verdriet (2005) ("The flexibility of sorrow") En skielik is dit aand (2006) ("And suddenly it's evening") Dad (2006) Koesnaatjies vir die proe (2008) Vuurwiel (2009) ("Wheel of fire") Visums by verstek (2011) ("Visas by default") Lot se vrou (2012) ("Lot's wife") Meditasies (2013) ("Meditations") Matriks (2016) ("Matrix") Indeks (2016) ("Index") Novels Swart Koring (1996) ("Black Wheat") (Parody on the pulp romance novel, with a lesbian twist) Die Swart Sluier (1998) ("The black veil") (Parody on pulp detective novels and ghost stories) Judaskus (1998) ("Judas Kiss") Sewe Sonjas en wat hulle gedoen het (2001) ("Seven Sonyas and what they did") (An electronic novel published by Contentlot.com)) Skoppensboer (2001) ("Jack of Spades": this refers to a poem by Eugene Marais, that calls the grim reaper by this name) Palindroom (2008) ("Palindrome") Kladboek (2008) ("Notebook") Criticism Psigoanalise en lees (1989) ("Psychoanalysis and reading") Postmodernisme (1995) ("Postmodernism") References External links Joan Hambidge (1956 – )Sanlam ATKV LitNet Afrikaanse Album Murray La Vita: Die krokodil en die brose glimlag Louise Viljoen: Onderhoud met Joan Hambidge oor En skielik is dit aand Desperately seeking Susan Sontag: ’n essay-verhaal Globalisering en die Afrikaanse letterkunde Hibriditeit en die internet Die hipnose van die digkuns: TT Cloete-gedenklesing 1956 births Living people People from Aliwal North Afrikaner people Afrikaans-language poets South African LGBT poets South African women poets Academic staff of the University of Cape Town University of Cape Town alumni Stellenbosch University alumni University of Pretoria alumni Rhodes University alumni Academic staff of the University of Limpopo