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Anthology

New Perspectives

by Nigel Featherstone
September 2014, no. 364

Perpsectives: The University of Sydney anthology 2013 by Aqmarina Andira et al.

Darlington Press, $25 pb, 207 pp

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In her foreword, Emily Maguire says, ‘You need a desperate, hungry energy to tell a story, to write a poem, to scratch at the surface of a life and see what slithers beneath.’ For some, the university campus is the place for this desperation and hunger to find a voice and have a public hearing. For the University of Sydney, the public hearing is in the form of Perspectives, through which we experience almost thirty new writers and artists, who reveal diverse themes, points of view, and technical abilities.

 


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Perpsectives: The University of Sydney anthology 2013 by Aqmarina Andira et al.

Darlington Press, $25 pb, 207 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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