Fire Front: First Nations poetry and power today
First Nations poetry and power today
by Alison Whittaker, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Bruce Pascoe, Chelsea Bond, Evelyn Araluen, Steven Oliver, Alexis Wright, Lisa Bellear, Jeanine Leane, Natalie Harkin
First Nations poetry and power today
by Alison Whittaker, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Bruce Pascoe, Chelsea Bond, Evelyn Araluen, Steven Oliver, Alexis Wright, Lisa Bellear, Jeanine Leane, Natalie Harkin
This important anthology, curated by Gomeroi poet and academic Alison Whittaker, showcases Australia's most-respected First Nations poets alongside some of the rising stars. Featured poets include Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Ruby Langford Ginibi, Ellen van Neerven, Tony Birch, Claire G. Coleman, Evelyn Araluen, Jack Davis, Kevin Gilbert, Lionel Fogarty, Sam Wagan Watson, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Archie Roach and Alexis Wright. Divided into five thematic sections, each one is introduced by an essay from a leading Aboriginal writer and thinker - Bruce Pascoe, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Chelsea Bond, Evelyn Araluen and Steven Oliver - who reflects on the power of First Nations poetry with their own original contribution. This incredible book is a testament to the renaissance of First Nations poetry happening in Australia right now.
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