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Having won one of the world's most generous literary prizes, Ali Cobby Eckermann is filled with gratitude — but she still finds it hard to forgive the former prime minister.
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A group of youths from diverse backgrounds are finding their voice and tackling social injustices, discrimination and the politics of division through poetry in Adelaide.
Topics: poetry, youth, multiculturalism, arts-and-entertainment, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa, qld
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Reg Mombassa has been a leading light in Australian pop culture for more than 40 years, both as a rock musician and artist. Despite the career highs and a happy family life, Mombassa admits he is haunted by a persistent sense of trepidation.
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Tributes are flowing for Blue the Shearer, whose irreverent and intelligent verse was heard on ABC radio for more than a quarter of a century.
Topics: poetry, regional, people, stuart-town-2820, wellington-2820, orange-2800, springwood-2777
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Maxine Beneba Clarke is an author and poet who's been targeted all her life over the colour of her skin. Her award-winning work is inspired both by personal experience, and the desire to start difficult conversations about race.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, books-literature, autobiography, novel, poetry, performance-art, discrimination, family-and-children, parenting, immigration, multiculturalism, race-relations, education, education, australia, nsw, kellyville-2155, melbourne-3000, guyana, jamaica
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| UpdatedMigrant workers in Singapore "don't just do menial labour". They are educators, carers and artists — and many are challenging negative perceptions by revealing a hidden talent for poetry in a national competition.
Topics: poetry, refugees, community-and-society, arts-and-entertainment, singapore
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Bill Bruce and Mavis McFadzen chatting about their love for poetry.
Topics: poetry, older-people, family, mackay-4740
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Bill Bruce reciting Abou Ben Adhem, by Leigh Hunt.
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For many of us, the passing of time is marked by photographs, families, and world events, but for 99-year-old Bill Bruce, time is measured in prose.
Topics: poetry, older-people, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, family, regional, nebo-4742, mackay-4740
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Topics: music, poetry, rural-youth
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| UpdatedDairy farms and hay fields are a long way from hip-hop's gritty roots in New York City, but a rap revolution is sweeping rural Australia.
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Topics: poetry, arts-and-entertainment, maroochydore-4558
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Bush poet Barry "Bazza" Betts recites one of his favourite poems, Clancy of the Overflow.
Topics: poetry, arts-and-entertainment, maroochydore-4558
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Bush poet Barry 'Bazza' Betts was drawn to storytelling from a young age.
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Topics: poetry, primary, winton-4735