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'Traditionally, symposia followed a banquet so I must apologise for not providing a sumptuous meal with this special issue. However, this issue’s exploration of Roots and Routes holds true to the initial idea of the symposium as a discussion amongst friends/colleagues of some weighty matter. In this case we come together at the invitation of Professor Ananta Kumar Giri from the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India to explore issues pertaining to ethnicity, sociocultural regeneration and planetary realisations. It was Professor Giri who coordinated these special symposium contributions. The format presented here is one occasionally practised by various disciplines where a leading scholar in the field sets out a range of issues in a ‘poser’ and invites trusted colleagues to engage with their ideas. So this is not so much a dialogue in the sense of an interactive or combative engagement but a series of scholarly reflections provoked by Giri’s poser.' (Editorial)
Contents
- About Doukasi"we stared at the photo of the bullet", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Before Bosch's Haywaini"I stand in the shoes of a master, just where he stood brush in hand, focused...", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Epiloguei"Then you stopped waiting.", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The Letteri"I never sent the letter I wrote,", single work poetry (p. 16)
- From How to Belongi"I am the official story", single work poetry (p. 16)
- To Return from the Losti"To fly under the radar become so visible, so always noticed you are not truly seen...", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Scarcityi"Mobile phones are mining us to death,", single work poetry (p. 23)
- The Lining of Your Skini"A surge of breath falls back into the wind, your hands poised and preparing dawn", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Driving Home on the Motorwayi"Driving home on the motorway", single work poetry (p. 36)
- Brokeni"I find myself broken", single work poetry (p. 42)
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[Review Essay] Wisdom Tree,
single work
essay
review
(p. 43-44)
'In Venice, the second of Nick Earls’ interconnected novellas, sculptor Natalie Landry explains her current project. Demonstrating with her hands the angles at which her family of figures relate to each other, she explores the difference in degrees between intimacy and indifference. ‘Aloof’ is the word she settles on: ‘“This one you're paying attention, avidly, to something close by.” She lifts her fingers so that they’re almost straight again. “Now it’s dead to you. It’s in the foreground but not a threat, not interesting. You’re all about the horizon, something out there”’ (Earls 2015: 36). This theme of family relationships—how we are angled towards or away from the people closest to us, what lies in the foreground of our lives and what is on the horizon—connects all of the stories in Wisdom Tree to create a compelling work that is more than the sum of its individual parts' (Introduction)
- November Entryi"I remember once", single work poetry (p. 44)
- The Dairy, single work short story (p. 45-46)
- Anorexiai"The skin can be controlled", single work poetry (p. 46)
- War Zones : I Can Tell You What It's Likei"I can tell you what it’s like ears and eyes out on stalks neck", single work poetry (p. 46)
