Serena Thompson Serena Thompson i(15941200 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Mamu ; Aboriginal Waribarra
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1 26 Years of Accumulated Rage : A (Non-exhaustive) List Serena Thompson , 2024 single work essay
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 13 May no. 112 2024;

'All the teachers in primary school, who commented that ‘Of course you came second in cross country, Aboriginal people are really good at running fast!’. Then when I got to high school and all of my friends realised that putting in effort wasn’t cool, it was okay for them to walk the cross country without hassle but for me to do it was lazy because it’s really easy for black people to run fast, so why don’t I just do it.' (Introduction) 
1 Ode to My Mother Tongue i "To the words that give me a way to convey my anger", Serena Thompson , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 89 2019;
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