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Bruce Pascoe Bruce Pascoe i(A30613 works by)
Also writes as: Murray Gray ; Leopold Glass
Born: Established: 1947 Richmond, East Melbourne - Richmond area, Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Boonwurrung / Boonerwrung / Bunurong ; Aboriginal Yuin
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1 Capital Bruce Pascoe , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2021;

'The biggest difference between Australian Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people is their relation to capital. The land, the spirit and the economy were, and are, one entity for Aboriginal people. She is called Mother Earth.' (Introduction)

1 Trains and Boats and Planes Bruce Pascoe , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 29 May - 4 June 2021;
1 O Say Can You See (a Plea to Old Glory) Bruce Pascoe , 2021 single work prose
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2021;
1 Hating Trees Bruce Pascoe , 2020 single work
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 79 no. 4 2020;

'When did it start? When did men begin to think of trees as adornments to their pride or fortune?' (Introduction)

1 1 y separately published work icon Loving Country : A Guide to Sacred Australia Bruce Pascoe , Vicky Shukuroglou , Richmond : Hardie Grant Books , 2020 20885959 2020 single work prose travel

'Loving Country is a powerful and essential guidebook that offers a new way to travel and discover Australia through an Indigenous narrative. In this beautifully designed and photographed edition, co-authors Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou, in consultation with communities and Elders across Australia, show travellers how to see the country as herself, to know her whole and old story, and to find the way to fall in love with her, our home.
 
'Featuring 18 places in detail, from the ingenious fish traps at Brewarrina and the rivers that feed the Great Barrier Reef, to the love stories of Wiluna and the whale story of Margaret River, there is so much to celebrate. This immersive book covers history, Dreaming stories, traditional cultural practices, Indigenous tours and the importance of recognition and protection of place. It offers keys to unlock the heart of this loving country for those who want to enrich their understanding of our continent, and for travellers looking for more than a whistle-stop tour of Australia.
 
'In Loving Country, Bruce and Vicky hope that all communities will be heard when they tell their stories, and that these stories and the country from which they have grown will be honoured. Readers are encouraged to discover sacred Australia by reconsidering the accepted history, and hearing diverse stories of her Indigenous peoples. It is a roadmap to communication and understanding, between all peoples and country, to encourage environmental and social change.' (Publication summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon Found Bruce Pascoe , Charmaine Ledden-Lewis (illustrator), Broome : Magabala Books , 2020 19693203 2020 single work picture book children's

'This gentle story set in the rugged Australian bush is about a small calf who becomes separated from his family. The little calf is alone and simply wants his mother, sisters and brothers. He can see other animals, and after running to the river, manages to ask some horses if they are his family. The calf's family have been taken away in the back of a noisy truck. So begins the little calf's journey to find his family.

'In Found we share the calf's point of view in an evocative story, accompanied by stunning illustrations.' (Publication summary)

1 Bleat Beneath a Blanket Bruce Pascoe , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , May 2020; Fire Front : First Nations Poetry and Power Today 2020; (p. 71-75)

— Review of Fire Front : First Nations Poetry and Power Today 2020 anthology poetry essay

'I often think of the vision of the Old People in constructing our culture on such egalitarian and environmentally loving principles – but that then leads to being overwhelmed by the devastation of soul they must have experienced when the Invaders so wilfully destroyed that social design.' (Introduction)

1 Teach Your Children to Rebel. Teach Your Children to Doubt Bruce Pascoe , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 1 June 2019;

'At school, Bruce Pascoe was taught Aboriginal people were backward wanderers. Today, the Dark Emu author argues for curiosity and doubt.'(Introduction) 

1 A Letter to Marlo Bruce Pascoe , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27 July 2019; (p. 26)

'In a story from his new book, Bruce Pascoe writes a letter to his grandson.'

1 The Ball and Chain of Minority : Rebelling against the Banality of Colony Bruce Pascoe , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 413 2019; (p. 10-11)

— Review of On Identity Stan Grant , 2019 single work criticism ; Australia Day Stan Grant , 2019 single work prose

'It was a great moment in Australian history when William Cooper walked to the Australian parliament to object to the treatment of Jews in Germany during World War II. At the time, the British and Australian parliaments were ambivalent about the atrocities occurring across Europe, and yet an Aboriginal man could not bear to see the government of his country sit on its hands.' (Introduction)

1 Saturday August 26 Figueria Da Foz i "When you see the subsiding sun", Bruce Pascoe , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 89 2019; Australian Poetry Anthology 2019; (p. 62)
1 Introduction to Louise Crisp’s Yuiquimbiang Bruce Pascoe , Louise Crisp , Zoe Sadokierski , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 89 2019;

'Read. This is poetry. Both a praise and a lament for Country. Read. There is little like it. Australia struggles with an embrace of the past, but Louise Crisp does not flinch from the intimacy of fact. If there is regret here, there is also hope – hope and a plea to you, reader, to witness the works of those for whom the land is not their mother.' (Introduction)

1 2 y separately published work icon Salt : Selected Essays and Stories Bruce Pascoe , Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2019 15891647 2019 selected work essay short story

'A collection of stories and essays by the award-winning author of Dark Emu, showcasing his shimmering genius across a lifetime of work.

'Bruce Pascoe has been described as a ‘living national treasure’ and his work as ‘revelatory’. This volume of his best and most celebrated stories and essays, collected here for the first time, ranges across his long career, and explores his enduring fascination with Australia’s landscape, culture, land management and history.

'Featuring new and previously unpublished fiction alongside his most revered and thought-provoking nonfiction – including extracts from his modern classic Dark Emu – this collection is perfect for Pascoe fans and new readers alike. It’s time all Australians saw the range and depth of this most marvellous of local writers.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 3 y separately published work icon Young Dark Emu Bruce Pascoe , Broome : Magabala Books , 2019 15601694 2019 single work prose children's fiction children's

'Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers. Using the accounts of early European explorers, colonists and farmers, Bruce Pascoe compellingly argues for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer label for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. He allows the reader to see Australia as it was before Europeans arrived – a land of cultivated farming areas, productive fisheries, permanent homes, and an understanding of the environment and its natural resources that supported thriving villages across the continent. Young Dark Emu - A Truer History asks young readers to consider a different version of Australia’s history pre-European colonisation.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Freda’s Fingerprints Bruce Pascoe , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2018;
1 1 y separately published work icon Australian Short Stories no. 66 Bruce Pascoe (editor), Lyn Harwood (editor), 2018 14902223 2018 periodical issue short story

'After 65 issues of Australian Short Stories from 1982-2000 we are back with a sparkling new collection of stories. In this collection we feature Gillian Mears' last story. We published Gillian's first story when she was 23 and followed up with examples of her work for 16 years. There are also new stories by old favourites, Kim Scott, Carmel Bird and Barry Dickins plus a series of stories from writers in the early stages of their careers. Open at the first page and savour Australia.'  (Publication summary)

1 Australia : Temper and Bias Bruce Pascoe , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 77 no. 3 2018; (p. 64-67)

'The Deputy leader of the Liberal Party, Julie Bishop, said in 2017 that Aboriginal children should not be taught their own culture and language because it would retard them. Her fellow ministers and advisers weighed in with the opinion that Aboriginal culture was flawed because we hadn't invented the wheel or done anything useful with the land. Some went so far as to say child abuse was one of our cultural traits.' (Introduction)

1 The Imperial Mind : How Europeans Stole the World Bruce Pascoe , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 60 2018; (p. 234-243)

'It is a common vanity among humans that our ascent is an exponential trajectory applauded by gods.

'Our religions encourage us to believe God has never seen anything as beautiful, dutiful and intelligent as we. Those religions also insist that as we are superb and closest to God’s hem, all others are not and need our assistance to reach a developmental level that the imperialist calculates as being the true destiny of humans.' (Introduction)

1 1 y separately published work icon Dreaming Inside : Voices from Junee Correctional Centre Barbara Nicholson (editor), Bruce Pascoe (editor), Simon Luckhurst (editor), East Wollongong : South Coast Writers Centre , 2017 14870214 2017 anthology poetry
1 Kuller Kullup i "Kuller Kullup walked", Bruce Pascoe , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 7 no. 2 2017; (p. 62)
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