'Meet Me at the Intersection is an anthology of short fiction, memoir and poetry by authors who are First Nations, People of Colour, LGBTIQA+ or living with disability. The focus of the anthology is on Australian life as seen through each author’s unique, and seldom heard, perspective.
'With works by Ellen van Neerven, Graham Akhurst, Kyle Lynch, Ezekiel Kwaymullina, Olivia Muscat, Mimi Lee, Jessica Walton, Kelly Gardiner, Rafeif Ismail, Yvette Walker, Amra Pajalic, Melanie Rodriga, Omar Sakr, Wendy Chen, Jordi Kerr, Rebecca Lim, Michelle Aung Thin and Alice Pung, this anthology is designed to challenge the dominant, homogenous story of privilege and power that rarely admits ‘outsider’ voices.' (Publication summary)
'This is a book of `Own Voices'* stories — stories about marginalised peoples told by people from those marginalised groups. The genesis of this collection was conversations across 2015 and 2016 where the two of us shared our frustration at the massive under-representation of diverse Australian voices in children's and young adult (YA) literature and the lack of a formal movement in Australia to focus attention on, and tackle, systemic bias — or what we like to call problems with the filter. ' (Introduction)
'The scholarship was due today and Dad wasn't home. If I didn't get the scholarship money I wouldn't be going to the Nationals. I tried turning my back to the window and began finishing my application. Every scrape outside could be him. ' (Introduction)
'How do you talk to a brother you’ve never known? A father’s death brings loss and complex grief, but also a chance at forging a new bond across cultures and generations.' (Introduction)
Ambelin Kwaymullina on Meet Me at the Intersection
Leanne Hall
(interviewer),
2018
23468376
2018
single work
podcast
interview
'Kids bookseller Leanne Hall chats with Ambelin Kwaymullina about editing the anthology, Meet Me at the Intersection.' (Production summary)
'In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the pigs famously proclaimed: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others". That's how Rebecca Lim feels about the current state of Young Adult (YA) publishing in Australia.' (Introduction)
'This is a book of `Own Voices'* stories — stories about marginalised peoples told by people from those marginalised groups. The genesis of this collection was conversations across 2015 and 2016 where the two of us shared our frustration at the massive under-representation of diverse Australian voices in children's and young adult (YA) literature and the lack of a formal movement in Australia to focus attention on, and tackle, systemic bias — or what we like to call problems with the filter. ' (Introduction)
'This is a book of `Own Voices'* stories — stories about marginalised peoples told by people from those marginalised groups. The genesis of this collection was conversations across 2015 and 2016 where the two of us shared our frustration at the massive under-representation of diverse Australian voices in children's and young adult (YA) literature and the lack of a formal movement in Australia to focus attention on, and tackle, systemic bias — or what we like to call problems with the filter. ' (Introduction)
'In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the pigs famously proclaimed: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others". That's how Rebecca Lim feels about the current state of Young Adult (YA) publishing in Australia.' (Introduction)
Ambelin Kwaymullina on Meet Me at the Intersection
Leanne Hall
(interviewer),
2018
23468376
2018
single work
podcast
interview
'Kids bookseller Leanne Hall chats with Ambelin Kwaymullina about editing the anthology, Meet Me at the Intersection.' (Production summary)
