Where We Are

Name: Where We Are
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780648917670
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By Alison Flett

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In Where We Are by Alison Flett, readers are taken on a journey through personal and cultural landscapes, exploring themes of belonging, identity, and transformation. The book intricately weaves together narratives that delve into the complexities of place and heritage, engaging readers in a poetic exploration of self and community within the wider tapestry of arts and culture.
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If you have an appreciation for exploring unique cultural perspectives and the intricacies of artistic expression, this book may captivate your interest. It delves into the nuances of identity and place, offering insights that might challenge and enrich your understanding of the arts and culture landscape.

A collection, written in English and Scots, that explores immigration, home and place.

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A collection, written in English and Scots, that explores immigration, home and place.

When I first left my home, the gnawing ache for all I'd left behind—family, friends, my land, my whole life—made me numb and thrawn. Weeping and sobbing—bubblin an greetin, as you would call it in Scotland—would have been too wet and hand-wringy. What I felt was bone-dry and primal; I wanted to drop to my knees, throw my head back and howl. I pined like an animal, without tears. - Alison Flett

The people could be poet, family, reader or all of us on this drowning, burning earth. The present could be this moment, or a past so intensely remembered, or a future so powerfully imagined that past, present and future are simultaneously here. We are with a poet who knits intricate patterns of sound and image, line to line. - Duncan McLean

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780648917670

Publisher: Cordite Publishing Inc.

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 June 2022

Country: Australia

Imprint: Cordite Publishing Inc.

Contributors:

Introduction and notes by Duncan McLean

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 250g

Pages: 102

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Alison Flett Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Alison Flett is originally from Scotland. There, she published three poetry collections, one of which was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book of the Year Award. Since her move to Australia, her work has been published in many anthologies and journals including Cordite Poetry Review, Island, Southerly and Westerly. She has been longlisted for the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize and the Bridport Short Story Prize, shortlisted for the Whitmore Press Manuscript Award, the Adelaide Festival Unpublished Manuscript Award, The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor's International Poetry Prize and the Newcastle Poetry Prize. In 2020, she won the Olga Masters Short Story Awards. She is an arts reviewer for InReview, commissioning editor for Transnational Literature and publisher at Little Windows Press.