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A DECLARATION OF LOVE FOR HUMANITY: Judith Crispin reviews Les Wicks’ Belief

Review by Judith Crispin Edited by Robyn Cadwallader Les Wicks’ fourteenth collection of poems, Belief, is clever and brutal — an unflinching examination of human belief, in all of its …

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BeliefJudith CrispinLes Wicks

The Lumen Seed (Judith Crispin)

The Lumen Seed opens onto an apocalyptic scene. A hardwood mulga tree, reaching for the sky, holds a placard: “The Lord’s Return is Near”. In Coober Pedy, a curved handmade …

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Book ExtractJudith CrispinKurdiji 1.0 appThe Lumen Seed
NEIL JUPURRURLA COOKE AT THE CATFISH WATERHOLE, NEAR LAJAMANU 2014. PHOTOGRAPH: JUDITH CRISPIN.

Mr In-between (Brian Young) & The Straight Road Story (Namall Manu)

Mr In-between by Brian Young (edited by Phillip Hall) White trash, black trash, that in-between one brown one trash You tell me, what fuck am I??!!! Might have been stolen …

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      • Heightened Talk
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