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y separately published work icon What You Do and Don't Want : UTS Writers' Anthology 2007 anthology   poetry   short story   prose   essay  
Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 What You Do and Don't Want : UTS Writers' Anthology 2007
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:ABC Books , 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Nexus : A Story of the Evidentiary, the Heart and Dramatic Representation, Therese Breen , single work short story (p. 161-169)
Below the White Oak, Tess Kerbel , single work short story (p. 170-175)
Vistai"You", Emma Mulholland , single work poetry (p. 176)
The Song of the Many, Mark Rossiter , single work short story (p. 177-179)
Peats Ridge : Fluid Memories and the Politics of Groundwater, Trish FitzSimons , single work essay (p. 180-191)
The Porcelain Face, Anne Rutherford , single work short story (p. 192-202)
Early Dawn Precedes Sunrise, Reg Domingo , single work short story (p. 203-208)
In 'Thrall' : A Screenwriter's Journey to the Theatre, Katherine Keefe , single work drama (p. 209-217)
Notes for a Conversation We Won't Be Having, Tiffany Hambley , single work short story (p. 218-223)
The Testimony of K. Pakulski, Jana Roose , single work short story (p. 224-239)
The Blanket Girls, Jaki Leigh , single work short story

The 'Blanket Girls' are Myra and Jane, implied to be spirits only Izzy can see. They bring her comfort, especially when she sees death. Izzy's mother dies when she's 18, leaving her to care for five-year-old Luke alone until his death.Interspersed with flashbacks to the Blanket Girls, Izzy attends the funeral of Luke, her brother with Down syndrome, waiting for the Blanket Girls to appear.

 (p. 240-250)
Free Associationsi"free", Dan Collins , single work poetry (p. 252)
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