Michael Armstrong Michael Armstrong i(8115134 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 Shawarma, Muhummara and the Osh Guys Michael Armstrong , 2017 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 10 no. 1 2017;

'I grew up in a multicultural part of Melbourne in the 1970s and 80s, so many of my school friends were non-English speaking migrants – ‘New Australians’ or ‘wogs’, as they were sometimes called. The differences in culture and religious practice did not matter too much to us, and we played football and cricket together, rode our bikes around the streets, poked fun at the local grump, ‘Mr Froggy’, and made a small contribution to the benign delinquency in our neighbourhood. I shared everything with my friends, especially food: white paper bags of mixed lollies, steaming butcher-paper packages of hot chips, cans of RC Cola, and other treats we bought after school from the numerous corner shops we used to call milk bars. But we never shared a homemade lunch, and I never visited a migrant friend’s home for dinner. It was fine to play cricket and footy or go for long bike-rides with the Antons, Tonys and Spiros of my adolescent world, but that world had no place for their salami and smelly cheese. Migrant food was a cultural demarcation line that I instinctively would not cross.' (Introduction)

1 Zerangi Michael Armstrong , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 9 no. 1 2016;
1 A Hijab by Any Other Name Michael Armstrong , 2015 single work prose
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 8 no. 1 2015;
1 Twenty First Century Wail Michael Armstrong , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , October no. 51.1 2015;
1 Inshallah Michael Armstrong , 2015 single work prose
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 7 no. 2 2015;
1 Horticultural Interruptus Michael Armstrong , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 7 no. 1 2014;
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