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1 Home-Spun Songs of the Subaltern : Writing Race in Fiction Mary-Ellen Stringer , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Programs , October vol. 15 no. 2 2011; 'Reams of words have already been written on (the bodies of) the marginalised. I argue that the language we use to tell stories of difference has become so saturated with overdetermined and proscriptive meaning that its efficacy in articulating the complexity of life at the margins has been compromised. Language, both academic and creative, has absorbed a sophisticated, quasi-religious trope that is shot through with images and references to 'the sacred', and while purporting to 'help' serves to further silence the lived experience of whole sections of the community already struggling to be heard. My aim is to mine a seam of language from the collective imagination that will depict aspects of the real and the now that remain for the most part unspoken, if not unspeakable.' (Author's abstract)
1 Night-Music Mary-Ellen Stringer , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Re-Placement : A National Anthology of Creative Writing from Universities across Australia 2008; (p. 91-93)
1 The Little Dancer Mary-Ellen Stringer , 2007-2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 66-67 no. 4-1 2007-2008; (p. 180-189)
1 The Sky is Common Ground Mary-Ellen Stringer , 2007 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 189 2007; (p. 16-21)
1 Something Blue Mary-Ellen Stringer , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: Byron Shire Echo , 23 October 2007; (p. 17)
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