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Carrying the World
Maxine Beneba Clarke
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Winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Poetry 2017Shortlisted for the Colin Roderick Award 2017
'One of the most compelling voices in Australian poetry this decade' - Overland Literary Journal
A haunting visit to the International Museum of Slavery, in Liverpool England. A feisty young black girl pushing back against authority. The joy and despair of single parenthood. A love-hate relationship with words.
ABIA and Indie award winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke (author of Foreign Soil and The Hate Race) is one of Australia's most innovative and celebrated poets. This collection brings the best of a decade-long international poetry career to the page.
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Praise for Carrying the World
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Maxine Beneba Clarke is on fire. These poems sizzle and flare with radiant heat, with pride, anger, power. - BooktopiaCarrying the World is impressive in its passion and vigour. Clarke's writing, in this collection and in The Hate Race alike, is fresh, and her voice is confident, and unlike anything else in our literary landscape. - The Sydney Morning Herald, The Saturday Age, Canberra TimesCarrying the World encapsulates the extraordinary journey of a single black mother, poet and author within an industry dominated by white men and women. - CorditeClarke is a confident and highly skilled writer - Hannah KentOne of the most compelling voices in Australian poetry this decade. - Overland[Of Maxine's work] amazing - Tim Minchin
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