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'Concert of Voices combines poetry, fiction, drama and essays in a wide-ranging anthology of world literature in English. The collection includes a number of established writers who, despite their great reputations, have often been perceived as standing apart from the main currents of English literature (and have rarely found their way onto English Department reading lists). Most selections, through, are by a remarkable range of much less established authors. In addition to the selections, the editor has provided a general introduction and a brief biographical note on each author.' (Source: back cover)
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Here Comes the Nigger,
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drama
Gerry Bostock's Here Comes the Nigger was first performed at the Black Theatre, Redfern, in 1976. Portions of the original playscript were printed in Meanjin in December 1977, although the entire text has never been published.
Note: Editor's note: Gerry Bostock's Here Comes the Nigger was first performed at the Black Theatre, Redfern, in 1976. Portions of the original playscript were printed in Meanjin in December 1977, although the entire text has never been published. The excerpt reproduced below is taken from a revised version of the play, transformed by the author into a draft filmscript. - White Fantasy - Black Fact, single work short story (p. 115-120)
- Pay Back, single work short story (p. 121-123)
- A Missionary Would I Have Been, single work short story (p. 327-335)
- The Possum Woman, single work short story (p. 344-345)
- Gooboora, the Silent Pooli"Gooboora, Gooboora, the Water of Fear", single work poetry (p. 353)
- The Pasti"Let no one say the past is dead.", single work poetry (p. 354)