| ISBN |
9781925591705 paperback |
| Title |
Meet me at the intersection / edited by Rebecca Lim & Ambelin Kwaymullina. |
| Published |
Fremantle, Western Australia : Fremantle Press, 2018. |
| ©2018 |
| Description |
283 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Notes |
Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images, photographs, illustrations and text of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. |
| Contents |
Night feet / Ellen van Neerven -- Dream / Graham Akhurst -- Dear mate / Kyle Lynch -- Embers / Ezekiel Kwaymullina -- Harry Potter and the disappearing pages / Olivia Muscat -- Fragments / Mimi Lee -- Stars in our eyes / Jessica Walton -- Trouble / Kelly Gardiner -- Sheer fortune / Jordi Kerr -- Telephone / Yvette Walker -- DNA / Melanie Rodriga -- Almitra amongst ghosts / Rafeif Ismail -- The other son / Omar Sakr -- School of hard knocks / Amra Pajalic -- Autumn leaves / Wendy Chen -- How to be different / Michelle Aung Thin -- The last stop / Alice Pung -- Border crossing / Rebecca Lim. |
| Summary |
This is an anthology of short fiction, memoir and poetry by authors who are First Nations, People of Colour, LGBTIQA+ or living with disability. The focus of the anthology is on Australian life as seen through each author's unique, and seldom heard, perspective. With works by Ellen van Neerven, Graham Akhurst, Kyle Lynch, Ezekiel Kwaymullina, Olivia Muscat, Mimi Lee, Jessica Walton, Kelly Gardiner, Rafeif Ismail, Yvette Walker, Amra Pajalic, Melanie Rodriga, Omar Sakr, Wendy Chen, Jordi Kerr, Rebecca Lim, Michelle Aung Thin and Alice Pung, this anthology is designed to challenge the dominant, homogenous story of privilege and power that rarely admits outsider voices. |
| Target audience note |
12-17 years old. |
| Reading Program Note |
Premier's Reading Challenge 9+. |
| Subjects |
Youth fiction. |
| Minorities -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction |
| LGBTQ+ youth -- Juvenile fiction |
| Australia -- Social conditions -- Juvenile fiction |
| Genre |
LGBTQ+ |
| Short stories |
| Premier's Reading Challenge 9+ |
| First Nations |
| Other Names |
Lim, Rebecca editor. |
| Kwaymullina, Ambelin, 1975- editor. |
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