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'‘A Special Starch’ is an excerpt from a collection that engages with stories told by – and about – early settler Chinese Australians and their descendants, with a particular focus on those who settled in Melbourne and regional Victoria. The poems were written with the assistance of a Creative Fellowship at the State Library Victoria, 2019-21.' (Introduction)
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Famine Relief
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"(Heffernan Lane). Look at us: well-dressed and opulently fed, a",
2021
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poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 102 2021; -
Eligible Chinese Women Were a Rarity
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"The store’s main function was importing and Chinese medicine,",
2021
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poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 102 2021; -
Best-Quality-Vegetables
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"my name is bound feet lily flower",
2021
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poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 102 2021; -
With Two Black Dates for Sweetness
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"et’s languish on little bourke street: the longest continuous",
2021
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poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 102 2021; -
A Special Starch
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"for the sake of social peace grandfather father uncle all lived in the",
2021
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poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 102 2021; -
Herd Immunity
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"this story of intertwining social graces takes place at ground",
2021
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 102 2021;
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