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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Rita's Lullaby
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Summary: Portrait of two Manila street kids, Rita and Jay. Jay survives by picking pockets while Rita works as a child prostitute. Images of her tourist clients never seem to leave her, nor do the memories of her village life shattered forever by military evacuation. The two meet in the city park at night where they fantasise about the food they might eat and try to bury the past. (From Libraries Australia.)

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Works about this Work

Border Lover Merlinda Bobis , 2003 single work essay autobiography
— Appears in: Not Home, But Here : Writing from the Filipino Diaspora 2003; (p. 118-137)
Merlinda Bobis reflects upon her writing processes and her constant negotiation through borders of language, culture, and genre. The essay includes excerpts from many of Bobis' published works, along with autobiographical reflections.
The Ever-Present Past : Asian Mythology in Contemporary Australian Writings 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Asia Society AustralAsia Centre Newsletter , Spring 2001; (p. 5)
The World According to Bobis Ronald Manila , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Philippine Times , February 2000; (p. 32)
Ronald Manila writes of Bobis's career in the Philippines, her move to Australia and her continuing contribution to Philippine literature.
Uni Lecturer's $20,000 Literary Fellowship Anne Bransdon , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Illawarra Mercury , 23 October 2000; (p. 6)
Merlinda Faces Up to Burden of Writing Anthony J. Mason , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Monitor , 10 October vol. 10 no. 15 2000; (p. 4)
Lullaby Play Wins Song of World Praise 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 September 1998;

— Review of Rita's Lullaby Merlinda Bobis , 1998 single work radio play
Border Lover Merlinda Bobis , 2003 single work essay autobiography
— Appears in: Not Home, But Here : Writing from the Filipino Diaspora 2003; (p. 118-137)
Merlinda Bobis reflects upon her writing processes and her constant negotiation through borders of language, culture, and genre. The essay includes excerpts from many of Bobis' published works, along with autobiographical reflections.
Bitter Genesis to Prize-Winning Radio Drama Sue Williams , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian , 31 January 1996; (p. 16)
Intimate Connections Annemarie Lopez , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: RealTime , April - May 1997; (p. 12)
Two Rich Talents Christopher Bantick , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sunday Tasmanian , 20 August 2000; (p. 17)
Merlinda Faces Up to Burden of Writing Anthony J. Mason , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Monitor , 10 October vol. 10 no. 15 2000; (p. 4)
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