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* Contents derived from the 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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The Empathy App,
single work
essay
'We're all familiar with the general trend at Writers' Festivals to make some room on the program - sometimes a bit dutifully - for short stories, and by and large the talk seems to be divided between how the form is not as respected as it should be, and its practitioners not given the publication attention they deserve, and discussion about whether or not the short story is experiences a 'renaissance' of popularity and recognition, or not.' (Introduction)
- Native Animal, single work short story (p. 17-21)
- In Australia, single work essay (p. 28-36)
- Travelling to the Motherland, single work short story (p. 32-36)
- Lessons in the Domestic Arts : A Sampler, single work prose (p. 37-45)
- Bond Cleaningi"You never get it all back. Not the whole bond,", single work poetry (p. 46)
- Love in Two Parts, single work short story (p. 47-55)
- Makingi"In the corner of my desk lie scraps of paper.", single work poetry (p. 56)
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Born Free, Created Poor : Coming of Age in Ethiopia,
single work
autobiography
'Poverty is not the lack of food or shelter. That is destitution. Poverty is a concept that creates you as a different person, a different being. Through knowledge, you come to know you are poor.' (Introduction)
- Christchurch Stopoveri"Boarded shopfronts strike a sickly pose", single work poetry (p. 67)
- Cartographyi"Curled segments fit tight to the grid", single work poetry (p. 69)
- Woman in Transiti"the same crescent moon", single work poetry (p. 70)
- ‘A Bilingual Force Moving in Between’ : Memories of a Bilingual Animal, single work autobiography (p. 71-80)
- Child in a Suitcasei"what puppeteer", single work poetry (p. 87)
- From ‘Notes toward a Lesser Consolation’i"Embers like debt", extract poetry (p. 88)
- Abrolhos (after Batavia)i"here where sea moves", single work poetry (p. 89)
- Everybody Knows, single work short story (p. 90-94)
- Closeri"I take myself out", single work poetry (p. 95)
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Feeling through Form : Kim Scott’s ‘Benang’ and the Romantic Poetic,
single work
criticism
'Some stories are hard to tell. Kim Scott has dedicated much of the past two decades to enabling difficult acts of telling. This includes his two Miles Franklin winning novels Benang (1998) and That Deadman Dance (2010)....(Introduction)
- Southern Bookook Owlsi"His book book cry was so close it could", single work poetry (p. 109)
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