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Dispatch from AustraliaJean McNeil

Jean McNeil — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 10:35:01 +0000

Scribbly gum forest We inch westward on a sluggish commuter train. The trees look African – acacias? – but on closer inspection are not. Everything initially looks African or European (my two points of reference) but then isn’t. It is 35 degrees. Of my trip to the Blue Mountains, everyone in Sydney says, [...]

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Q&A with Sean RabinSally O'Reilly

Sean Rabin — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 08:18:53 +0000

Australian author Sean Rabin’s novel The Good Captain is an environmental thriller that warns against complacency about the climate crisis. Set in the mid 21st century during a time of plummeting fish stocks, it presents a disturbing picture of what the world might soon become. The story follows a group of radical environmentalists committed [...]

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Read: MigrationTim Loveday

Tim Loveday — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 08:22:50 +0000

Migration seasonal migration has lost its language. birds commence reverse flight. head for land that does not exist. island holds breath, throws up sick. human limbs made tides rogue whip. birds circle, cry. swansong is choking sob. our talk is famous. when lunged with death you were brick. a witness [...]

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