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'There was once a young woman. She sat in her bedroom, waiting expectantly for her husband. She knew that when he arrived he was going to cause her some terrible violence. Her single defence was her art- for she was a gifted story teller...'

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    y separately published work icon Writing Us Mob : New Indigenous Voices Jennifer A. Martiniello (editor), Lyndy Delian (illustrator), Ainslie : Aberrant Genotype Press , 2000 Z1361419 2000 anthology poetry short story prose extract column

    'The work in this anthology is exceptional. Perhaps its most striking quality is its diversity. It spans generations, experiences, lives, countries, socio-cultural placements and boundaries, and genders. It defies preconceived categorisations and societal pressures of how a dominant culture thinks Aboriginal people ought to write..It is presented from the heart across Places, Spaces, in Dreamings, Story and Song. And most empowering and impressive of all, it is the sound of New Indigenous Voices.' (Source: Back cover)

         Ainslie : Aberrant Genotype Press , 2000     pg. 73-75
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