Dryad Press’s re-launch of missing underlines the value of a collection that, in Finuala Dowling’s words, “covers the archetypal journey from sickness and neardeath to transformation and hope … — though rich in deftly crafted images, the poems are profoundly inviting, readable, memorable”.
Beverly Rycroft was born in the Eastern Cape. She is a graduate of the University of Cape Town and the University of the Witwatersrand. She worked as a teacher for several years before turning full time to writing and journalism. Her articles have been published widely both locally and internationally. Her poems have been published in local literary magazines such as Carapace, New Coin and scrutiny2. She lives in Cape Town with her family. Missing is her first collection of poems.