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 281
... held a small property the white men's way . With him lived his mother — a cousin of Fanny's — and a wife and several children . He and Sandy Two had been earning a good living from possums for years now . Like Sandy , Harry had a wagon ...
... held a small property the white men's way . With him lived his mother — a cousin of Fanny's — and a wife and several children . He and Sandy Two had been earning a good living from possums for years now . Like Sandy , Harry had a wagon ...
Page 319
... held her husband's head on her lap . He was alive ; she regarded him almost as a hostage . There was a law and this man meant that they might escape it . Their almost - a - white - man . The old man's eyes showed the sky , and the bumpy ...
... held her husband's head on her lap . He was alive ; she regarded him almost as a hostage . There was a law and this man meant that they might escape it . Their almost - a - white - man . The old man's eyes showed the sky , and the bumpy ...
Page 485
... held his head to one side . She clutched her grandson to her breast and called out to her son , ' Sandy ' . They hurried . A fast walk , legs . moving from the knees down only so as not to draw attention to themselves . They ran when ...
... held his head to one side . She clutched her grandson to her breast and called out to her son , ' Sandy ' . They hurried . A fast walk , legs . moving from the knees down only so as not to draw attention to themselves . They ran when ...
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