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'Little Bit Long Time, Ali Cobby Eckermann’s first poetry collection, takes as its subject the difficult history of Indigenous people since colonial times. Both the four decades of her own often hard and confronting personal experience, and the lives of Indigenous people over the last two hundred years are the furnace in which the steel of Ali Cobby Eckermann’s incisive poetic voice has been tempered. Her language has the sureness of one who both knows her subject matter intimately and is able to speak authentically, having reached some sort of resolution in both life and in art.' (Source: EMSAH, University of Queensland website)
Notes
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Book launched in the Northern Territory at the Eye of the Storm - Alice Springs Writers' Festival on 4 May 2009.
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Chapbook.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Balaclava,
St Kilda East,
Caulfield - St Kilda area,
Melbourne - Inner South,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Australian Poetry Centre
, 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Mountaini"Lips crack", single work poetry (p. 1)
- First Time (I Met My Grandmother)i"Sit down in the dirt and brush away the flies", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Cloud Stormi"White and wispy beards flap in the sky majestic", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- One Child Two Child Wailing and Wildi"Urgent darkness hunts us south, while my stomach", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Kareni"Mum said "No school today" Christopher and I didn't catch the bus", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Who?i"who I have never met", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Circles and Squaresi"I was born yankunytjatjara my mother is yankunytjatjara her mother was", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Dingo Eyei"Serpentine Gorge is empty", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Untitledi"The pink", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Two Pelicansi"My man was at the A & E, he wasn't feeling good", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Table Mannersi"Warrior woman walks proudly", single work poetry (p. 12)
- A Dreami"I saw you dance", single work poetry (p. 13)
- How Does A Father Feeli"How does a father feel", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Kumanai"Kurunpa wiya palatja", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Ribbonsi"'See you' I said to the children", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Mum Said!i"Mum said she", single work poetry (p. 17)
- I Tell You Truei"I can't stop drinking, I tell you true", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Love Dreamingi"When you went back to the waterhole", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Tears for Mumi"Mum can I cry at your funeral, can I wail", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Shrinei"Among the rubble", single work poetry (p. 21)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Book Reviews
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 40 2010; (p. 86-88)
— Review of Little Bit Long Time 2009 selected work poetry ; Fishtails in the Dust : Writing from the Centre 2009 anthology poetry short story -
Sophistication, Directness in Impressive First Collections
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 January 2010; (p. 18)
— Review of Ghostly Subjects 2009 selected work poetry ; Little Bit Long Time 2009 selected work poetry -
An Incisive Indigenous Voice
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 21 no. 1 2009;
— Review of Little Bit Long Time 2009 selected work poetry -
Ali's Journey from Bush to Book
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Arts Yarn Up , Spring 2009; (p. 7)
-
Sophistication, Directness in Impressive First Collections
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 January 2010; (p. 18)
— Review of Ghostly Subjects 2009 selected work poetry ; Little Bit Long Time 2009 selected work poetry -
Book Reviews
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 40 2010; (p. 86-88)
— Review of Little Bit Long Time 2009 selected work poetry ; Fishtails in the Dust : Writing from the Centre 2009 anthology poetry short story -
An Incisive Indigenous Voice
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 21 no. 1 2009;
— Review of Little Bit Long Time 2009 selected work poetry -
Ali's Journey from Bush to Book
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Arts Yarn Up , Spring 2009; (p. 7)
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