Translucent
‘Translucent’ by Cindy Jiang explores the assimilatory potential of growing up Asian in Australia.
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“University is Not Seen as a Black Space”
Dr Katelyn Barney on the need to create pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into Research Higher Degrees.
The Personal is Political is Speculative
Claire G Coleman blurs the lines between the personal, political and speculative, asking us to reconsider where it is our stories come from.
Brixton Street Wetlands
Poet Siobhan Hodge calls for a change of attitude to address the neglect of our environment.
Checkpoint at the Green Line (excerpt from Murder Under the Bridge)
Read an excerpt of Kate Jessica Raphael’s crime fiction novel ‘Murder Under the Bridge’, which is drawn directly from the author’s experiences in Palestine.
The Good Ugly, The Bad Ugly, and the Ugly Ugly
How come no one wants to talk about how annoying depression is?
Soon the sun rose in September, Santiago
Poet Juan Garrido Salgado writes an homage to Licha Ortiz and her father Fernando Ortiz, who was Disappeared in 1976 in Chile.
Maralinga Nuclear Test site South Australia
Writer Di Cousens imagines the desolate landscape of Maralinga Nuclear Test site in South Australia.
A Veteran’s New Home
Joe Patterson’s journey to Vietnam summons up a country still marked with the ravages of war, as told through the stories of Australian veterans who now call the place home.
Razor Wire Childhood
The poem ‘Razor Wire Childhood’ by Rodney Williams was inspired by a series of drawings by children held on Christmas Island. Although that facility has now closed, the issue of children held in detention in Australian government facilities is still relevant today.
State of the Nation
Writer and rights lawyer Anthony Levin questions the election cycle in his new poem.
Life under occupation: Palestinian Peoples’ Right to Health
The impacts of war on those who reside in conflict zones go beyond immediate threats to one’s life. Nadia Kaunein considers the impacts of the Israel-Palestine conflict on Palestinian peoples’ access to the right to health.
River
Poet William Cotter laments the state of our drying-up rivers.