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Book SynopsisFeminists have long known that it’s all connected. The stories, the families, the country, the River. In this anthology, poets and short story writers create worlds with words. This book includes stories that draw on mythic traditions rewritten for our time. There are thieves, grandmothers, teenagers breaking out, dark caves to explore, and real estate to sell; there are mysteries from the grave, experiments that go wrong, road trips, a circus, an opera, families that break, and families that hold together; there are birds and animals and babies, and there is the pandemic. There is stillness and movement; closeness and distance. This eclectic range of authors brings their unique perspectives to storytelling as they each grapple to understand the past and meet the challenges ahead, daring to share their joy and pain, their fear and anger, their hopes and disappointments. These are women who dare to remember, to claim their own stories, and to wonder what may have been.
Trade ReviewA bold and powerful anthology offering poetry and prose from a diversity of new and established women writers, It’s All Connected ripples and blazes across a universe of topics, a galaxy of tones. Deftly constructed, moving from ancient myth to present day narratives, from pre-history to future worlds, this book arrives as an elegant feminist fanfare. —Carmel Bird A feisty, vigorous and eclectic volume; feminism is alive and well as a creative force ... —Gail Jones A wonderfully rich and diverse expression of full throttle womanhood. —Amanda Lohrey
Table of ContentsContents Unfolding: An Introduction Pauline Hopkins Agamemnon’s Return from Troy Jena Woodhouse Ulyssea Susan Hawthorne now he dreams the Sirens silent Marion May Campbell The End of the Mountains Aviva Xue Suburu Jordie Albiston The Lonely Road Robyn Bishop It’s All Connected Diane Bell Christmas Hills Rhapsody Sandy Jeffs Kalifornia, her color Usha Akella The Child Thief Bulbul Sharma The Thief Danced On Gena Corea Apostrophe to Anger Pramila Venkateswaran The Thickness of Choice Fiona Place The Treehouse Jacque Duffy Keep Telling Marion Molteno My Cup Runneth Over Anne Ostby Skoteino Cave Coleen Clare Coming of Age, Ready or Not Laurie Ross Trott Elaine Patricia Sykes Real Estate Cheryl Adam I don’t post on Facebook Colleen Higgs After Dinner Angela Costi Three Photographs Carmel Macdonald Grahame Where the Body is Buried Lucy Sussex Souvenirs Carol Lefevre Playing Dolphins Mary Goslett About Geese Suniti Namjoshi The Cry Renate Klein Birds Jordie Albiston Lost Bird Merlinda Bobis The Poet Lizz Murphy Educating Nanette Susan Midalia enduring form of women’s piracy Gina Mercer Aloha Ukelele Cath Koa Dunsford Paige Pauline Hopkins Morundah (or Lunatic Fringe) Kerryn Higgs Alive Sue Ingleton we come to the light berni janssen Get Back In Angela Buckingham Wimmera Jordie Albiston Notes on Contributors
