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This is the first anthology of UQP’s Indigenous-authored books. It represents the very best of fiction and poetry publishing in UQP’s Black Australian Writing series, (established 1990). Poetry and novel (10-12 book pages) extracts are skilfully interwoven in this exciting showcase collection. An Introduction by the editors and a biography on each author is included.With a contemporary page design and in a compact-sized format with with a cover designed by Cyberdreaming, it contains works by these writers (from the books listed):Fiction: Vivienne Cleven (Her Sister’s Eye and Bitin’ Back), Melissa Lucashenko (Hard Yards and Steam Pigs), Herb Wharton (Unbranded), Larissa Behrendt (Home), Doris Pilkington Garimara (Caprice), John Muk Muk Burke (Bridge of Triangles), and Alexis Wright (Plains of Promise).Poetry: Samuel Wagan Watson (Itinerant Blues and Of Muse), John Graham (Land Window), Lisa Bellear (Dreaming in Urban Areas), Jack Davis (Black Life), Graeme Dixon (Holocaust Island), Elizabeth Hodgson (Painted Skin, 2002 Unaipon runner-up).
350 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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August 26, 2020
‘A celebration of fiction and poetry from UQP’s Black Writing Series’
A copy of this anthology, published in 2003, found its way onto my bookshelf a couple of years ago. Now that I have finally read it, I wonder why it took me so long. It is a mixture of fiction and poetry, of authors I have already read and some that I’ve just learned about for the very first time. There is biographical information about each of the authors. Of the poets, I am most familiar with Elizabeth Hodgson. I have a copy of ‘Skin Painting’ which I read a few years ago. The other poets are Lisa Bellear, Jack Davis, Graeme Dixon and Samuel Wagan Watson.
Of the fiction writers, I am familiar with Alexis Wright, Melissa Lucashenko, and Doris Pilkington Garimara. Each of the ten to twelve-page extracts included in this anthology had me wanting to read more.
My favourites? Melissa Lucashenko’s ‘Steam Pigs and John Muk Muk Burke’s ‘Bridge of Triangles’.
If you are looking to read more fiction and/or poetry by Australian Indigenous authors, I can recommend this book.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
A copy of this anthology, published in 2003, found its way onto my bookshelf a couple of years ago. Now that I have finally read it, I wonder why it took me so long. It is a mixture of fiction and poetry, of authors I have already read and some that I’ve just learned about for the very first time. There is biographical information about each of the authors. Of the poets, I am most familiar with Elizabeth Hodgson. I have a copy of ‘Skin Painting’ which I read a few years ago. The other poets are Lisa Bellear, Jack Davis, Graeme Dixon and Samuel Wagan Watson.
Of the fiction writers, I am familiar with Alexis Wright, Melissa Lucashenko, and Doris Pilkington Garimara. Each of the ten to twelve-page extracts included in this anthology had me wanting to read more.
My favourites? Melissa Lucashenko’s ‘Steam Pigs and John Muk Muk Burke’s ‘Bridge of Triangles’.
If you are looking to read more fiction and/or poetry by Australian Indigenous authors, I can recommend this book.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
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