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The Nerves and Their Endings
Hyphenated I learned how to travel from my parents. When my sister and…
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Fever
Mamma and I are alone when they come to scare us. I’m one and a half;…
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Who Needs the ABC?
Try imagining life without the Australian Broadcasting Corporation…
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Aue
Taukiri and I drove here in Tom Aiken’s truck. We borrowed it to move…
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A Witness of Fact
I stand in the viewing gallery, scanning the large, bright room on the…
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Out of Office
Whatever you were doing during the pandemic and its stilted aftermath,…
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Break the Internet
It’s 8.45 pm on a rainy Thursday in August, and I’m standing in the…
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Ill Feelings
The day after her fifty-fourth birthday, my mother and I walk through a…
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Fox and I
A double rainbow had changed the course of my relationship with the…
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The Newcomer
Pulling onto the gravel-and-mud of Tenderloin Road, Judy had the…
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Winter in Sokcho
HE ARRIVED muffled up in a woollen coat. He put his suitcase down at…
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All That I Remember About Dean Cola
Aimi glanced over her glasses a couple of times as she read ALL THAT I…
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The Union of Synchronised Swimmers
I meet Blue Flame a bit before the summer solstice. I’m sitting on the…
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A Matter of Death and Life
Every day I, Marilyn, lie on the sofa in our living room and look out…
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