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'Roots brings us thirty of the best short memoirs chosen from more than 2000 entries in the inaugural SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition.
'Offering a snapshot of contemporary Australia, this diverse collection of stories explores love, family, loss, culture, sexual awakening and the abiding connections to people and place that make us who we are. Told with utterly fresh perspectives and a rich vein of literary talent, these stories are an invitation into the unique and intimate worlds of everyday Australians.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Featuring stories by Alana Hicks, Nadia Johansen, Amy Duong, Nakul Legha, Karla Hart, Tania Ogier, Miranda Jakich, Sita Walker, Jason Phu, Trent Wallace, Amer Etri, Bon-Wai Chou, Caitlyn Davies-Plummer, Cher Coad, Courtney Theseira, Dianne Ussher, Esme James, Hugh Jorgensen, Jackie Bailey, Kaye Cooper, Lal Perera, Maha Sidaoui, Margarita D'heureux, Michael Sun, Monikka Eliah, Naeun Kim, Prateeti Sabhlok, Rosie Ofori Ward, Sam Price and Serpil Senelmis.
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[Review] Roots: Home Is Who We Are
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Kalliope X , Spring no. 1 2021;
— Review of Roots : Home is Who We Are : Voices from the SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition 2021 anthology short story 'Full-time transmission of SBS television in Australia began on 24 October 1980. The first broadcast was a documentary by Peter Luck entitled Who Are We? Forty years later, Roots: Home is Who We Are echoes an answer to that question and suggests that we are ‘home’ now, with all the loaded, subjective meanings of that word.'(Introduction)
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[Review] Roots: Home Is Who We Are
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Kalliope X , Spring no. 1 2021;
— Review of Roots : Home is Who We Are : Voices from the SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition 2021 anthology short story 'Full-time transmission of SBS television in Australia began on 24 October 1980. The first broadcast was a documentary by Peter Luck entitled Who Are We? Forty years later, Roots: Home is Who We Are echoes an answer to that question and suggests that we are ‘home’ now, with all the loaded, subjective meanings of that word.'(Introduction)
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