Benang: From the HeartOceanic in its rhythms and understanding, brilliant in its use of language and image, moving in its largeness of spirit, compelling in its narrative scope and style, this intriguing journey is a celebration and lament--of beginning and return, of obliteration and recovery, of silencing, and of powerful utterance. Both tentative and daring, it speaks to the present and a possible future through stories, dreams, rhythms, songs, images and documents mobilized from the incompletely acknowledged and still dynamic past. |
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Page 127
... grinning . At him . At them . She wants me . Me . Jack could not help shaking his head and grinning , and was still doing it even in the light of a 127.
... grinning . At him . At them . She wants me . Me . Jack could not help shaking his head and grinning , and was still doing it even in the light of a 127.
Page 281
... grinning . Chatalong and Sandy Two built a little bush shelter beside the tent for old Sandy to sit under during the day . The old man was improving . He could move his head and right arm . He could read — if they held 281.
... grinning . Chatalong and Sandy Two built a little bush shelter beside the tent for old Sandy to sit under during the day . The old man was improving . He could move his head and right arm . He could read — if they held 281.
Page 375
... grinning at the camera and Dad has its dorsal fin in his hands . My father's feet don't reach the sand . The two of them boy and shark — are both grinning , and although my father has considerably less teeth his grin is almost as big ...
... grinning at the camera and Dad has its dorsal fin in his hands . My father's feet don't reach the sand . The two of them boy and shark — are both grinning , and although my father has considerably less teeth his grin is almost as big ...
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