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 70
... head . toward the police station . Daniel , in the shade of the hut , cursed . Sergeant Hall was walking toward them in that way he had , with his head forward on his shoulders , and his arms held out from the sides of his body and ...
... head . toward the police station . Daniel , in the shade of the hut , cursed . Sergeant Hall was walking toward them in that way he had , with his head forward on his shoulders , and his arms held out from the sides of his body and ...
Page 92
... head shaved , wearing a sack for a dress . Those who quietly snicker nevertheless suffer with her . Because you never knew . It might be you . The evening meal . You sat together at long benches , and did not talk . Cold . A thick ...
... head shaved , wearing a sack for a dress . Those who quietly snicker nevertheless suffer with her . Because you never knew . It might be you . The evening meal . You sat together at long benches , and did not talk . Cold . A thick ...
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... head down and stepping toward her with the small axe in his hand , looked up and saw a native embracing Kathleen . Ern saw two natives , embracing . It was a man , a black man . And his own wife . Kathleen freed an arm and beckoned Ern ...
... head down and stepping toward her with the small axe in his hand , looked up and saw a native embracing Kathleen . Ern saw two natives , embracing . It was a man , a black man . And his own wife . Kathleen freed an arm and beckoned Ern ...
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