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'With a focus on reclaiming the stories of women in history and reimagining the heroines of legend, fairytale and mythology, in ways that are both resonant and startlingly new The Heroines Anthology presents a challenging and soulful collection that interrogates the traditional power dynamics of classic literature, while touching on the deeper questions of women's true nature.' (Publication summary)
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
Medusa by Hannah Wheeler
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Wollongong,
Wollongong area,
Illawarra,
South Coast,
New South Wales,:Neo Perennial Press
, 2019 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- How My Mother Made Porridgei"While we slept on", single work poetry (p. 3-5)
- On Matriarchs, Work and Wishesi"In sewing boxes: buttons in medicine bottles,", single work poetry (p. 6)
- A New Land, single work short story (p. 7-14)
- Women Are Green Woodsi"women are green woods", single work poetry (p. 15)
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The (Re)incarnations of Bast,
single work
prose
This work is in eight numbered parts.
- Boudicca, single work short story (p. 20)
- Abandon, or, The Arktoi, single work short story (p. 21-31)
- Sworn Virgini"In that land where mountains climb each other’s backs,", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
- Melusine's Daughter, single work short story (p. 34-42)
- Cassandra, single work poetry (p. 46-55)
- Reflections from Opheliai"I stand beneath a turbulent sky", single work poetry (p. 56-57)
- Do Not Repent, single work short story (p. 58-73)
- Circe in the National Gallery of Victoriai"Drawing attention away from the portraits", single work poetry (p. 74)
- Chooser of the Slain, single work short story (p. 75-77)
- Jeanne D'Arci"Once upon a time there was a would-be King", single work poetry (p. 78-80)
- Cassiopeia : In Reflection We Cast Ourselves, single work short story (p. 81-82)
- The Ministry of Complaints, single work short story (p. 83-86)
- As Star Your Eyei"It's 3 o'clock in the morning", single work poetry (p. 87-88)
- After School, single work short story (p. 89-90)
- The Woman Peacefully Posedi"Seductive enchantress, capricious", single work poetry (p. 91)
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