Anne Collett
University of Wollongong, English Literatures Program, Faculty Member
Much of the reportage of hurricanes is a numbers game of weather statistics and dollars lost. But the personal/affective impact of these numbers on individuals and communities can be found in the work of creative writers, like... more
Much of the reportage of hurricanes is a numbers game of weather statistics and dollars lost. But the personal/affective impact of these numbers on individuals and communities can be found in the work of creative writers, like Jamaican-Canadian poet, Olive Senior. Senior places hurricane at the heart of the Caribbean story. It is a story of losses and gains, of grief and, surprisingly, of humour. Importantly, Senior’s “hurricane stories” in Gardening in the Tropics suggest that resilience lies within Jamaican capacity to “orchestrate disaster,” which in turn lies in the power of story. Story is knowledge: knowledge that accretes over time and in whose light we make changes to how we think, understand and act—how we respond to geo-political climactic events.
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I have never had any desire to ‘own’ a dog, or indeed, any ‘pet’. This does not mean that I do not entertain the possibility of a companionate relationship between dog and human, or that I cannot see the possible value to each in such a... more
I have never had any desire to ‘own’ a dog, or indeed, any ‘pet’. This does not mean that I do not entertain the possibility of a companionate relationship between dog and human, or that I cannot see the possible value to each in such a relationship, but four children seemed more than enough to cope with. My children were given as great a measure of freedom and choice as could be afforded them without danger to themselves — a difficult line to determine and tread. When they begged for a pet, I eventually capitulated and two mice were purchased, with run and cage and wheel, and with the assurance that they were both female. I felt uncomfortable, but told myself there would be benefits to my children (I had my doubts about the mice) in learning to care and take responsibility for the care of another being. Given my abhorrence of caging, the mice were given plenty of ‘controlled’ rein/reign in the house which seemed to work okay — okay that was until the baby mice came along. (I discovered, after the fact obviously, that sexing mice accurately is notoriously difficult and unreliable.) The mice kittens generated enormous excitement and great delight. Then the neighbouring children came to visit.
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United States publication of the Doctor Dolittle books by Hugh Loftiin is now accompanied either by a before or afterword written by the author\u27s son, Christopher Lofting, to the effect that although Book banning or censorship is not... more
United States publication of the Doctor Dolittle books by Hugh Loftiin is now accompanied either by a before or afterword written by the author\u27s son, Christopher Lofting, to the effect that although Book banning or censorship is not an American tradition , and although Publishers rightfully believe that it is their job to publish a writer\u27s work, not to act as censors , a decision has in fact been taken to censor,by both deletion and addition, the original work of the now deceased author
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At a time when climate panic obscures clear thought, 100 Atmospheres is an invitation to think differently. Through speculative, poetic, and provocative texts, thirteen writers and artists have come together to reflect on human... more
At a time when climate panic obscures clear thought, 100 Atmospheres is an invitation to think differently. Through speculative, poetic, and provocative texts, thirteen writers and artists have come together to reflect on human relationships with other species and the planet. The process of creating 100 Atmospheres was shared, with works (written, photographic and drawn) created individually and collectively. To think differently, we need to practice differently. The book contains thirteen chapters threaded amidst one hundred co-authored micro-essays. In an era shaped by critical ecological transformation 100 Atmospheres dwells in the deep past and the troubled present to imagine future ways of being and becoming
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In the twelfth annual Philip Sherlock Lecture, delivered in February 2005 at the University of the West Indies ( Mona, Jamaica), Olive Senior spoke about the journey she had undertaken to becoming a woman-of-words, and established the... more
In the twelfth annual Philip Sherlock Lecture, delivered in February 2005 at the University of the West Indies ( Mona, Jamaica), Olive Senior spoke about the journey she had undertaken to becoming a woman-of-words, and established the connection between \u27tradition and the individual talent\u27 with the claim that the voice of individual talent in the Caribbean is one that necessarily draws upon oral and scribal cultures
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Book review of: Jane Grant. Kylie Tennant: a Life. An Australian Life Series. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2006, 156pp. ISBN: 064227617X (pb) AU $24.9
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NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS, Index This serial is available in Kunapipi: https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol19/iss3/31 Notes on Contributors 181 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS RUKHSANA AHMAD is a writer, playwright and translator. Her plays have been... more
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS, Index This serial is available in Kunapipi: https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol19/iss3/31 Notes on Contributors 181 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS RUKHSANA AHMAD is a writer, playwright and translator. Her plays have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and have toured nationally; her short stories have appeared in various collections; and her first novel, The Hope Chest, was published by Virago in 1997. We Sinful Women (1991), her collection of feminist Urdu poetry m translation, is widely known in Britain. RANJANA ASH is a freelance writer and lecturer on South Asian literatures and on women writing in diaspora. She was an Associate Fellow of the Centre for Research on Asian Migration at the University of Warwick in 1990-1994; and an editor/consultant for the I Jeinemann Asian Writers Series until 1995. ALOK BHALLA received his PhD from Kent State University and teaches at CJEFL, Hyderabad. As editor, his publications include Stories about the Partition of India (3 vols.); W...
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Over the course of the 20th century, recourse to satellite and radar technology, and the use of reconnaissance aircraft, has greatly assisted the tracking of tropical cyclones. In addition, data buoys are now employed throughout the Gulf... more
Over the course of the 20th century, recourse to satellite and radar technology, and the use of reconnaissance aircraft, has greatly assisted the tracking of tropical cyclones. In addition, data buoys are now employed throughout the Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards to relay air and water temperature, wind speed, air pressure and wave conditions that enable more accurate prediction and monitoring of storm systems. But before the people of the Caribbean had recourse to modern instrumentation and communication, surviving a regular hurricane season was founded on sensitivity to environment, accumulated knowledge passed from one generation to the next by word of mouth; and what amounted to a rehearsed, even ritualised, set of practices. As Jamaican Canadian poet Olive Senior writes in \u27Hurricane Story, 1903\u27: In those days storm warning came by telegraph to Postmistress. Living in the bush, Grandfather couldn\u27t see her rush to broadcast the news by pos...
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... all notes. Jean's contemporary, Australian flyer Nancy Bird, corroborates this view, remarking that Australian Defence Minister HVC Thorby 'believed flying was not biologically suitable for women, although he said there were... more
... all notes. Jean's contemporary, Australian flyer Nancy Bird, corroborates this view, remarking that Australian Defence Minister HVC Thorby 'believed flying was not biologically suitable for women, although he said there were some exceptions like Jean Batten and Amy Johnson. ...
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I don't believe that the best of this country's writers will wish to rest on 'identity': that is, to invite the risk that a work will be praised, and even over-valued, for its Australian associations however striking their... more
I don't believe that the best of this country's writers will wish to rest on 'identity': that is, to invite the risk that a work will be praised, and even over-valued, for its Australian associations however striking their effects rather than for its greater human truth." (Hazzard, Boyoer Lectures, 28)
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To those for whom this talk and the photographs that accompany it may cause distress, I apologise, and hope that what I have to say will be taken in the spirit intended that is, as a tribute to those who worked to find ways to alleviate... more
To those for whom this talk and the photographs that accompany it may cause distress, I apologise, and hope that what I have to say will be taken in the spirit intended that is, as a tribute to those who worked to find ways to alleviate distress, heal wounds, offer comfort and repair damage. This talk offers me (and I hope you as an audience) an opportunity to think through the meaning of 'connection', and the meaning of photographs, their relationship to collective memory and community, and their capacity to allow survivors and those who witness tragedy intimately or from a distance to better understand the trauma of a disaster like 3.11 and to begin a process of recovery.
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Kunapipi 33 (1 & 2) 2011 Full Version This full issue is available in Kunapipi: https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol33/iss1/1 KUNAPIPI Journal of Postcolonial Writing & Culture VOLUME XXXIII NUMBER 1–2 2011 Kunapipi is a biannual arts... more
Kunapipi 33 (1 & 2) 2011 Full Version This full issue is available in Kunapipi: https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol33/iss1/1 KUNAPIPI Journal of Postcolonial Writing & Culture VOLUME XXXIII NUMBER 1–2 2011 Kunapipi is a biannual arts magazine with special but not exclusive emphasis on the new literatures written in English. It aims to fulfil the requirements T.S. Eliot believed a journal should have: to introduce the work of new or little known writers of talent, to provide critical evaluation of the work of living authors, both famous and unknown, and to be truly international. It publishes creative material and criticism. Articles and reviews on related historical and sociological topics plus film will also be included as well as graphics and photographs. The editor invites creative and scholarly contributions. The editorial board does not necessarily endorse any political views expressed by its contributors. Manuscripts should be double-spaced with notes gathered at the end, and s...
Full text of issue. This full issue is available in Kunapipi: http://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol22/iss2/1 KUNAPIPI Journal of Post-Colonial Writing
With the publication in December 2007 of Dougie’s Ton & 99 Other Sonnets, Syd Harrex’s sixth volume of poetry, the time seems right to mount a retrospective. Retrospectives are common in the world of visual arts, but not something ‘done’... more
With the publication in December 2007 of Dougie’s Ton & 99 Other Sonnets, Syd Harrex’s sixth volume of poetry, the time seems right to mount a retrospective. Retrospectives are common in the world of visual arts, but not something ‘done’ in the literary world, except perhaps in the form of a feschrift — a form more generally reserved for retiring scholars. Aspiring young poets and their more practiced peers find publication space in journals like Kunapipi that provide a place for the cohabitation and intercourse between new creative and scholarly work, but these journals could do more for the established poet. This journal article is available in Kunapipi: http://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol30/iss1/15
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Full text of issue. For individual articles see: ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol32/iss1/ This full issue is available in Kunapipi: https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol32/iss2/1 KUNAPIPI Journal of Postcolonial Writing & Culture VOLUME XXXII... more
Full text of issue. For individual articles see: ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol32/iss1/ This full issue is available in Kunapipi: https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol32/iss2/1 KUNAPIPI Journal of Postcolonial Writing & Culture VOLUME XXXII NUMBER 1–2 2010 Kunapipi is a biannual arts magazine with special but not exclusive emphasis on the new literatures written in English. It aims to fulfil the requirements T.S. Eliot believed a journal should have: to introduce the work of new or little known writers of talent, to provide critical evaluation of the work of living authors, both famous and unknown, and to be truly international. It publishes creative material and criticism. Articles and reviews on related historical and sociological topics plus film will also be included as well as graphics and photographs. The editor invites creative and scholarly contributions. The editorial board does not necessarily endorse any political views expressed by its contributors. Manuscripts should be double...