AustLit

'"It is psychotic to draw a line from one place to another," wrote poet and author Bhanu Kapil about the partition of India. "It is psychotic to submit to violence in a time of great violence and yet it is psychotic to leave that home or country, the place where you submitted again and again, forever."' (Introduction)

'Provocateur, DIY punk and your friendly neighbourhood poet-uncle, Ouyang Yu is a transgressor whose faith lies only in the hardest vices (poetry, disappointment).' (Introduction)

'This chapter examines the transnational Australian novel from a different perspective, focusing on First Nations writing. Whereas most visions of the global privilege literary institutions whose power stems from existing political and global inequalities, First Nations writing fosters a transnationalism of resistance, solidarity, and fungibility. It considers Alexis Wrights novels in translation, and writers engaged in collaborative projects.' (Publication abstract)