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'More than two dozen contemporary novelists, essayists, and poets are collected in this remarkable collection of work from Australia, a complex country with a multilayered history. Among these outstanding writers is a growing number of Indigenous authors, whose voices are included here. Their stories - many of them previously untold in literature - deepen and expand our understanding of the experiences that comprise Australia's past, present, and future. Both the Indigenous and non-Indigenous authors in Where the Rivers Meet address their country's struggle to create a shared citizenship and sense of belonging. Some seek the key to this shared belonging in the creation of a more just relationship to the land and in issues of ownership. Others find clarity and rejuvenation in the country's harsh and beautiful wildness. Still others emphasize, in the words of Melissa Lucashenko, that we need to hear 'the small, quiet stories in a human mouth' in order to truly know this land and its people.' -- Publisher's website.
Notes
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Includes ten photographs by Indigenous photographer Ricky Maynard.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Rivers of Babylon, single work essay (p. 1-6)
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Walk My Country,
single work
essay
Robyn Davidson returns to an area of the Northern Territory through which she passed during the 1977 journey she described in Tracks. She goes to farewell Eddy, an Indigenous man who accompanied her on part of that journey and who died while she was travelling in India.
- Back Roadi"revisiting childhood", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Brunswick St Bluesi"Brunswick St", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Jaded Olympic Momentsi"they made their way through the sliding-door", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- Pinjarrai"Down at the site of the battle which was more like a slaughter", single work poetry (p. 21)
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The Voice
The Speaking Voicei"They murdered my father. Like they murdered",
single work
poetry
(p. 21-22)
Note: With title: The Voice
- Not Quite White in the Head, single work essay (p. 23-31)
- The Bulldozer, single work short story (p. 33-39)
- Summeri"A trip to the corner shop will take all day", single work poetry (p. 40)
- Herei"In a bare room where light pours in from the ocean", single work poetry (p. 40-41)
- Lightning Wordsi"Old almond moonlight", single work poetry (p. 41-42)
- Skyline, Burwood, 1954i"Day by day, the big screen climbing higher", single work poetry (p. 43)
- "This simple poem is a raft" Seduced by Starlighti"These rafts of simple poems", single work poetry (p. 44)
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[Extract] Home,
extract
novel
(p. 45-55)
Note: Includes glossary.
- Granitei"I find the empty quarter", single work poetry (p. 56)
- Lagooni"Lagoon paddler, as the fisherman said:", single work poetry (p. 56-57)
- Dunesi"I grieve in the dunes", single work poetry (p. 57)
- Felix's Seedsi"Light swells this blue water", single work poetry (p. 58)
- Recherche Bay, 1792, sequence poetry (p. 58-59)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , August no. 42 2007;
— Review of Manoa vol. 18 no. 2 2006 2006 periodical issue -
The Pointed Review
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 5 April vol. 6 no. 126 2007; (p. 32)
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Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , August no. 42 2007;
— Review of Manoa vol. 18 no. 2 2006 2006 periodical issue -
The Pointed Review
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 5 April vol. 6 no. 126 2007; (p. 32)
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