A collection of prose, poetry, and memoir, this collaboration celebrates the profound effect environment has on our stories, assumptions, and geographical reckonings, just as it evokes childhood nostalgia and a sense of place. In a dialogue of...
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A collection of prose, poetry, and memoir, this collaboration celebrates the profound effect environment has on our stories, assumptions, and geographical reckonings, just as it evokes childhood nostalgia and a sense of place. In a dialogue of perceptions, two of Australia's foremost authors explore a common geography and memories?both cultural and personal?as they consider the theme of ?sand" from intimate, geological, and historical points of view
Cover; SAND; About the authors; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; The Sand People; The Dream Of; Buffalo Sunday; Como Beach Jetty; Daphne Walking Past; The River I; Perth Poem; Paleface and the Panther; Learning to Swim; The Manageress and the Mirage; These Inner Suburbs wereOuter Suburbs Once; Hibiscus; Zoo Visits; The River II; The Midnight Ferry; River, Bird, City ... Inland; Sand Tale; Lake Ninan; Signature at Ludlow: a verse-play oftransliterated voices for radio1; Felix Locke in the Goldfields; The Sands of Dyarlgaroo; Skippy Rock, Augusta:Warning, the Undertow; Stones Like Hearts
ReclamationThe Water Person and the Tree Person; Gero Deros; Fight; The Diver Meets the Billionaire's Wife; Geraldton; The Last Explorer; Notes; Acknowledgements; Copyright Page
