Ruby Hamad Archives

Ruby Hamad’s White Tears, Brown Scars: A Rousing Account of Race, Gender and Whiteness

Review by Camilla Patini The construction of whiteness and what this means for women and people of colour is the subject of Australian writer Ruby Hamad’s excellent first book, White …

stone beach on kos (Linda Godfrey)May 29, 2018
echoes smack on a photograph/ show about twelve/ all standing round in their morning/ like our thoughts/ all children have to leave somewhere/ and yet fishponds reflect/ if not actual ... Read More
The Cry Room (Gaele Sobott)March 12, 2018
Birth I just slipped out she said. Like a slip of the tongue, slipshod, a slip stitch forever unknitted. I was born. Slippery, sibilant, small in the scheme of everyday ... Read More
Parentheses (Shastra Deo)February 13, 2018
stitch our disunion into the gutshot —split my belly, suture. spare me your hand and bandage. kneel: your thighs bracket my hips as you etymologise me. anatomy of my ... Read More