Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 [Review] An Embroidery of Old Maps and New
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'Angela Costi’s An Embroidery of Old Maps and New charts a process of mapping human interactions through embroidery. Costi is part of the Cypriot-Greek diaspora, and her grandmother used her embroidery skills to rise above poverty before she moved to Melbourne. There, Costi’s mother and sisters worked the machines at a sewing factory. In 2009, Costi travelled to Japan to work with the Stringraphy Ensemble, so it might not be too great a leap of the imagination to liken the stitches of Costi’s verse to sashiko, Japanese embroidery. Sashiko takes on a form distinct from European embroidery traditions in the movements required to create the stitches. Sashiko literally means “little stabs,” and, indeed, there are little stabs to the heart to be found and felt among the rich poetry in this collection.'  (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon StylusLit no. 11 March 2022 23923001 2022 periodical issue

    'Welcome to Issue 11 of StylusLit.  In this issue we have a few interviews that will certainly interest. We catch up with Melbourne-based poet, Angela Costi, who talks about her new book and her practice. Not sure where to start when publishing a poetry collection? We interview two poetry publishers, Stephen Matthews OAM, Ginninderra Press and Shane Strange, Recent Work Press.'  (Publication summary)

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