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, Archie Roach, Briggs, Alice Eather, Deborah Doorlak L. Moody, Ruby Langford Ginibi, Jack Davis, Samuel Wagan Watson, Lionel Fogarty, Luke Patterson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Diwurruwurra, Lorna Munro, Alf Taylor, Kevin Gilbert, Elizabeth Hodgson, Joel Davison, Ellen van Neerven, Charmaine Papertalk Green, Elizabeth Jarret, Mojo Ruiz de Luzuriaga, Kerry Reed-Gilbert, Declan Furber Gillick, Romaine Moreton, Meleika Gasa-Fatafehi, Claire G. Coleman, Ken Canning, Pansy Rose Napaljarri, Paul Collis, Jim Everett, Pauline Whyman, Yvette Holt, Tony Birch, Kevin Buzzacott, Elizabeth Walker, Melanie Mununggurr-Williams, Sachem Parkin-Owens, Dylan Voller, Laniyuk, Kirli Saunders, Raelee Lancaster, Baker Boy, Maggie Walsh, Pauline Moody
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About this book
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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