Westerly Issue 61.1
Kim Scott
Tara June Winch
Melissa Lucashenko
Bruce Pascoe
Wayne Barker
and more…
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Westerly 61.1 is a celebration of Indigenous writing and culture. Guest edited by writer and researcher Stephen Kinnane, it features some of Australia’s most influential and award-winning Indigenous writers and artists.
As guest editor, Stephen describes the issue as a “testament to the authors, both those solicited and those who submitted, who have put hours of work into their pieces”. Within, you will find the work of 51 writers from right across the country, notably including Kim Scott, Tara June Winch, Melissa Lucashenko, Bruce Pascoe and Wayne Barker, as well as emerging authors Paul Collis and Alison Whittaker, artwork by celebrated Noongar artist Bella Kelly, and pieces from the Berndt Museum collection.
Contents:
Poetry
Edwin Lee Mulligan Weather Patterns, Jimadilung
Alison Whittaker The Sapling Barricades Of Trugernanner
Jannali Jones Past Tense
Stuart Cooke Convergence
Philip Hall Dawn Song
Brendan Ryan Lajamanu
Marian De Saxe Yam Country: for Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Marian De Saxe In Gondwanaland
Amy Hilhorst Rottnest
Kevin Gillam feeding Lake Disappointment
Fiction
Tara June Winch The Yield
Melissa Lucashenko My Dear Child
Michalia Arathimos The Conservation of the Stars
Katinka Smit Behind the Line
Warwick Newnham ‘Jabbin Jabbin Kirroo Ka’
Creative Non-Fiction
Kevin Brophy Introduction to Mulan
Stevie Micheal Hill-Kopp Junior My Life in Mulan
Dermott Neach My First Game on Mulan Oval
Doris Eaton, Lekkie Hopkins and Ann Ingamells Giveaway
Dr Cheryl Kickett-Turner Wind Spirit: Nanna’s Legacy
Professor MaryAnn Bin-Sallik Truth and Consequence
Tom Stephens Naming Rights
Caitlin Prince Tomorrow, another will come
Kim Scott Both Hands Full
Graham Akhurst Clutching the Void
Paul Collis Walking in Old Shoes
Paul Collis Remembering Artists
Essays
Rachael Swain and Dalisa Pigram Calling a Warning
Cheryl Narkle, Caroline Narkle and Annete Davis Bella Kelly
Lily Bennion Threaded Djon Djon figures from Goulburn Island
Moira De Angelis A Story About Two Feather Baskets
Natalie Hewlett Pwoja Jilamara
Margaret Nadebaum Dilly Bag and Bark Paintings from Arnhem Land
Marian De Saxe Yam Country: for Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Vanessa Wiggin Bike and Rider
Eve Chaloupka Empty Vessels
Sandy Toussaint A Mix of Emotion
Brenda L Croft Retrac(k)ing country and (s)kin: walking the Wave Hill Walk Off Track (and other sites of cultural contestation)
Elfie Shiosaki Writing from the Heart
Clint Bracknell Singing Back to the Archive
Sandra Phillips and Alison Ravenscroft From the Earth Out: word, image, sound, object, body, country
Steve Kinnane in conversation with Melissa Lucashenko, Bruce Pascoe and Wayne Barker Stories from the Front
Jacqueline Wright Unburdening the World: Breaking the Cycle of the Perpetual Single Story
Karen Atkinson Threshold: Reconfiguring the Past in ‘That Deadman Dance’
Pat Lowe Two Sisters revisited
Reviews
Danielle Binks A Review of ‘The Intervention: An Anthology’
Phillip Hall A Review of Olive Knight, ‘The Bauhinia Tree: The Life of Kankawa Nagarra Olive Knight’
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