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'Sweatshop Women is an exciting and contemporary collection of prose and poetry written by women from Indigenous, migrant and refugee backgrounds. In this second volume, Australia’s most urgent new voices return to reclaim their stories of culture, sovereignty and diaspora.
'Featuring: Christine Afoa, Sydnye Allen, Maryam Azam, Ferdous Bahar, Flordeliz Bonifacio, Shankari Chandran, Janette Chen, Cindy El Sayed, Phoebe Grainer, Aseel Harb, Amani Haydar, Sheree Joseph, Meyrnah Khodr, Shirley Le, Abeny Mayol, Jessicca Wendy Mensah, Gayatri Nair, Lieu-Chi Nguyen, Sara Saleh, Christine Shamista, Mary Anne Taouk, Divya Venkataraman and Diane Wanasawek.' (Publication summary)
Contents
- Gnum Gnum, single work short story (p. 21-22)
- Train God, single work short story (p. 23-30)
- Sri Lanka Quietly Fadesi"There are these moments", single work poetry (p. 31-37)
- Syrup, single work short story (p. 39-46)
- Ghost Skin, single work short story (p. 47-51)
- Alofa at the Vaii"First day in Sa", single work poetry (p. 53-55)
- Siti Meet Baby, single work short story (p. 57-64)
- Lessons in Lebanese Idioms, single work prose (p. 65-71)
- Kolam, single work short story (p. 73-78)
- How We Protect Ourselvesi"The gates to Nurragingy Reserve", single work poetry (p. 79-81)
- Everything is Ayb, single work poetry (p. 83-92)
- Single. Arab. Muslim. Woman., single work short story (p. 93-96)
- Bankui"Soaked for three days.", single work poetry (p. 121-122)
- Arab Mother Guilt, single work poetry (p. 123-131)
- African American Azeri Aussie, single work prose (p. 133-139)
- Plain English, single work short story (p. 141-148)
- Greng Jai, single work prose (p. 149-154)
- Tinder Schemei"Imagine if I had a dating profile. Me!", single work poetry (p. 155-156)
- Three Chens, single work short story (p. 157-168)
- No God But God, single work short story (p. 169-174)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Quarantine Q&A : Winnie Dunn and Ferdous Bahar
2020
2020
single work
interview
— Appears in: Feminist Writers Festival 2016-; -
Winnie Dunn (ed.) : Sweatshop Women: Volume Two
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 11-17 July 2020;
— Review of Sweatshop Women : Volume Two 2020 anthology poetry prose'In a white-dominated literary world, writing “the other” becomes a political act. This is, to put it lightly, unfortunate. Regardless, decades of omission have led to a reckoning in which writers of colour have carved out new spaces – those that encourage portrayals of long-ignored experiences, debunk the fallacy that writing should be “universal”, and shun the white gaze.' (Introduction)
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Books Roundup
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , June 2020;
— Review of Smart Ovens for Lonely People 2020 selected work short story ; The Rain Heron 2020 single work novel ; The Spill 2020 single work novel ; Rise and Shine 2020 single work novel ; Sweatshop Women : Volume Two 2020 anthology poetry prose
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Books Roundup
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , June 2020;
— Review of Smart Ovens for Lonely People 2020 selected work short story ; The Rain Heron 2020 single work novel ; The Spill 2020 single work novel ; Rise and Shine 2020 single work novel ; Sweatshop Women : Volume Two 2020 anthology poetry prose -
Winnie Dunn (ed.) : Sweatshop Women: Volume Two
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 11-17 July 2020;
— Review of Sweatshop Women : Volume Two 2020 anthology poetry prose'In a white-dominated literary world, writing “the other” becomes a political act. This is, to put it lightly, unfortunate. Regardless, decades of omission have led to a reckoning in which writers of colour have carved out new spaces – those that encourage portrayals of long-ignored experiences, debunk the fallacy that writing should be “universal”, and shun the white gaze.' (Introduction)
-
Quarantine Q&A : Winnie Dunn and Ferdous Bahar
2020
2020
single work
interview
— Appears in: Feminist Writers Festival 2016-;