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y separately published work icon Sweatshop Women : Volume Two anthology   poetry   prose  
Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 Sweatshop Women : Volume Two
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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

* Contents derived from the Parramatta, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,:Sweatshop , 2020 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Gnum Gnum, Phoebe Grainer , single work short story (p. 21-22)
Train God, Shirley Le , single work short story (p. 23-30)
Sri Lanka Quietly Fadesi"There are these moments", Christine Shamista , single work poetry (p. 31-37)
Syrup, Divya Venkataraman , single work short story (p. 39-46)
Ghost Skin, Lieu-Chi Nguyen , single work short story (p. 47-51)
Alofa at the Vaii"First day in Sa", Christine Afoa , single work poetry (p. 53-55)
Siti Meet Baby, Sheree Joseph , single work short story (p. 57-64)
Lessons in Lebanese Idioms, Mary Anne Taouk , single work prose (p. 65-71)
Kolam, Shankari Chandran , single work short story (p. 73-78)
How We Protect Ourselvesi"The gates to Nurragingy Reserve", Maryam Azam , single work poetry (p. 79-81)
Everything is Ayb, Meyrnah Khodr , single work poetry (p. 83-92)
Single. Arab. Muslim. Woman., Aseel Harb , single work short story (p. 93-96)
Bankui"Soaked for three days.", Jessica Wendy Mensah , single work poetry (p. 121-122)
Arab Mother Guilt, Sara Saleh , single work poetry (p. 123-131)
African American Azeri Aussie, Sydnye Allen , single work prose (p. 133-139)
Plain English, Flordeliz Bonifacio , single work short story (p. 141-148)
Greng Jai, Diane Wanasawek , single work prose (p. 149-154)
Tinder Schemei"Imagine if I had a dating profile. Me!", Abeny Mayol , single work poetry (p. 155-156)
Three Chens, Janette Chen , single work short story (p. 157-168)
No God But God, Cindy El Sayed , single work short story (p. 169-174)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Parramatta, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,: Sweatshop , 2020 .
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      Extent: 190p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 3 April 2020
      • With foreword by Ruby Hamad.
      ISBN: 9780992488659

Works about this Work

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 Cher Tan , 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)

Books Roundup Ellen Cregan , Jackie Tang , Oliver Reeson , Chloe Cooper , Elizabeth Flux , Nathania Gilson , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , June 2020;

— Review of Smart Ovens for Lonely People Elizabeth Tan , 2020 selected work short story ; The Rain Heron Robbie Arnott , 2020 single work novel ; The Spill Imbi Neeme , 2020 single work novel ; Rise and Shine Patrick Allington , 2020 single work novel ; Sweatshop Women : Volume Two 2020 anthology poetry prose
Books Roundup Ellen Cregan , Jackie Tang , Oliver Reeson , Chloe Cooper , Elizabeth Flux , Nathania Gilson , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , June 2020;

— Review of Smart Ovens for Lonely People Elizabeth Tan , 2020 selected work short story ; The Rain Heron Robbie Arnott , 2020 single work novel ; The Spill Imbi Neeme , 2020 single work novel ; Rise and Shine Patrick Allington , 2020 single work novel ; Sweatshop Women : Volume Two 2020 anthology poetry prose
Winnie Dunn (ed.) : Sweatshop Women: Volume Two Cher Tan , 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-;
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