Jolene Raison is a children’s author, poet, and linguistics lecturer. She holds a master’s degree in linguistics and is studying toward a PhD in linguistics, languages, and literature. As a cognitive linguist, she is interested in exploring the way language, as an encultured phenomenon, shapes our thoughts and connects us on the most basic and most profound human levels. She is a member of ZAPP (the South African Poetry Project) and believes poetry is more than a creative expression; it is a life skill
