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'In this issue, we’re very proud to bring you the winning and shortlisted entries from the inaugural Island Nonfiction Prize. Congratulations to all five authors, and thanks to all who entered, to our excellent judges, and to the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund for supporting the competition. We certainly hope to be able to run it again next year.' (Editorial introduction)
Notes
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Only literary material within AustLit's scope individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
Hobart Current : Liberty by Lucille Cutting
Crone by Sally Rees
Handkerchiefs, Twice Marked : Transcending Boundaries with Art. by Madeleine Rojahn
Contents
* Contents derived from the 2021 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- In Quarantine, single work essay (p. 5-11)
- Stockpilei"My partner says, 'Don't panic - buy panic,'", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Towards Mallacootai"Out of Eden", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The Falling Man, single work short story (p. 14-17)
- Extending the Blue Tracki"We'd thought it would take a lot longer", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
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A Shadow from Country,
single work
essay
'I'm sitting in an office in the State Library of New South Wales with my friend Melissa Jackson, a Bundjalung woman and Indigenous Librarian. It's a sunny January afternoon in 2021 and it's her first day back in the library after the Covid-19 closures hit the previous March. I've been researching the Gai-marigal warrior Musquito since 2003 and today we are looking for a name list that I have heard about, which is supposed to tell a story of the time he was exiled from Sydney to Norfolk Island. We go through indexes and bibliographies and footnotes without finding anything. Then Melissa flicks through the computer catalogue and pulls up an image. It's a seraphic face, illuminated in the computer's glow.'' (Introduction)
- Leadbeater's Possumi"I cannot see the night, I cannot touch", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Bird Life Sijoi"Insects caught in corners bring a scarlet robin to my window.", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Bulldozers, single work short story (p. 30-34)
- Between the Wars, single work short story (p. 42-47)
- Suite of Powersi"A lime drops, then a mandarin,", single work poetry (p. 48)
- Blazoni"Another version of me, up to my knees tall,", single work poetry (p. 49)
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The Sound of Light,
single work
essay
'Children conceived under the northern lights are blessed with intelligence and wisdom. It turns out this is a recent urban legend masquerading as ancient knowledge, Still, it has propagated and even appears on the Greenland tourism website, which is where I read it. I did not know this when I visited Greenland, but something about the idea of phantasmal lights had the feel of fate, and it gave me hope.' (Introduction)
- Frangmenta Nova : 16 Views of a Dayi"this woven heat, this crown", single work poetry (p. 54)
- A Half-Eaten Succulent Addresses the Possumi"I was peace", single work poetry (p. 55)
- Imago, single work short story (p. 56-59)
- If You Join the Circle, You Must Dance, single work essay (p. 66-72)
- You. Me. Somebody Else, single work short story (p. 82-87)
- Rushmore Rescuei"In my dream Ronald Regan", single work poetry (p. 88)
- A Taxidermied Sunfish : Natural History Museum, London, 1883i"It's windless in the house", single work poetry (p. 89)
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