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Black Lives Rainbow Visions is a showcase/directory of Indigenous creative talents from the literary, visual and performing arts from the Australian Capital Territory. Its purpose is to show, inform, direct and to be a resource for Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities and seekers of Indigenous creativity and expertise. Source: Jennifer A. Martinello
Notes
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Epigraph:
Aboriginal Motherhood
I bore down/ in pain/ to give you life/ and all the love/ I know/ I gave you wisdom/ so you learned/ to love all men/ and grow/ free and proud/ and now my child/ the battlefields bloom red/ hold true to wisdom/ courage love/ go/ bleed where your father bled
Kevin Gilbert, 1979
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Dedication: For the Lifelines of our journeys ~ Our Mothers, Our Fathers, Our Children And for those whose voices have never been silent.
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Editor's note: This work 'showcases the great wealth of talent we have here in the ACT and region and exposes the considerable contribution we make to all the arts...It is a resource directory for all those seeking to know and contact us,...'
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Content indexing in process.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Ainslie,
North Canberra area,
Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory,:Aberrant Genotype Press
, 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Introduction : Black Lives, Rainbow Visions, single work criticism (p. 1-2)
- Black Hearti"My heart is black as Cherbourg although my skin is fair,", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Memories of Minei"With respect I do recall ANZACs who've passed before;", single work poetry (p. 9)
- My Eternal Shamei"I can only tell my story for I've only lived my life,", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Back to Purga, single work prose (p. 13)
- Sisterhood is Powerful?i"Oh! Sister can't you see?", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Yeh, Righti"If only there had been", single work poetry (p. 19)
- River Red Gumi"Tracing fingers across the bark,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- The Light is on buti"Refrigerators do not meditate,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Futuresi"The blossoming clouds of human excesses,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Untitledi"They say, write, turn away, move on...", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Untitledi"Take me to the desert", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Untitledi"Angel or devil it is hard to say", single work poetry (p. 21)
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The Palm and the Fist,
single work
extract
'I started writing this play two years ago, finished it in Oct '98 and the editing in Feb '99. I am presently writing the music and lyrics, and have completed the first three songs. The Palm and the Fist is about family. It touches on stolen childhood, the importance of speaking positives to our kids, e.g. 'blessing our children', and imparting identity. This is the essence of who we are. We have so much to teach our non-Indigenous community about family and identity. This play and music provides a little glimpse of this.' Source: Black Lives, Rainbow Visions: Indigenous Sitings in the Creative Arts (1999)
- Colonising Speciesi"You see the oak and the willow", single work poetry (p. 37)
- The Old Daysi"Fringe dwellers, that's what we were", single work poetry (p. 41)
- Saturday Night Escape, single work prose (p. 41)
- Mirriyula, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 44)
- Surrenderingi"Opening up", single work poetry (p. 49)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Indigenous Stories Told Collectively
BlackWords : Indigenous Stories Told Collectively
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 5) The BlackWords Essays 2019;In this essay Heiss discusses and explains the important role of anthologies in the creation of communities of writers and in acknowledging, consolidating and launching writing careers.
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Introduction : Black Lives, Rainbow Visions
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Black Lives, Rainbow Visions : Indigenous Sitings in the Creative Arts 1999; (p. 1-2)
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Introduction : Black Lives, Rainbow Visions
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Black Lives, Rainbow Visions : Indigenous Sitings in the Creative Arts 1999; (p. 1-2) -
Indigenous Stories Told Collectively
BlackWords : Indigenous Stories Told Collectively
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 5) The BlackWords Essays 2019;In this essay Heiss discusses and explains the important role of anthologies in the creation of communities of writers and in acknowledging, consolidating and launching writing careers.
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