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y separately published work icon Snake Circle single work   autobiography  
Is part of Snake Dreaming : Autobiography of a Black Woman 1997 series - author (number 3 in series)
  • Author:agent Roberta Sykes http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/sykes-roberta
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Snake Circle
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'This is a vivid recounting of Sykes' experience as the first Australian Black to graduate with a doctorate, and of her growing confidence as she thrives in the new environment of Harvard. It also passionately tells of her relationships with those she loves, such as MumShirl and her children, and the ongoing run-ins she has with the bureaucracy and politicians along the way.' Source: Libraries austral (Sighted 08/04/2008).

Notes

  • [Author's note]: 'I wish you wouldn't keep calling yourself BLACK. You're not BLACK.' I'm surprised that this white woman would think I would take her wish-list on board, as if I have no wishes of my own. 'So - am I white?' My question is rhetorical, my dark skin and hair a brazen confrontation. ' Well no. You're not black and you're not white. You're perhaps sort of somewhere in between.' Yes, perhaps sort of somewhere in between.

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Works about this Work

Dreaming of Equality Donna Lee Brien , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Snake Circle Roberta Sykes , 2000 single work autobiography
Conflict Diamonds Jennifer Maiden , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 164 2001; (p. 102-105)
— Review of Lines in the Sand Anne Deveson , 2000 single work novel ; The Rain Queen Katherine Scholes , 2000 single work novel ; Liv : A Novel Morgan Yasbincek , 2000 single work novel ; Love and Vertigo Hsu-Ming Teo , 2000 single work novel ; The Australian Fiance Simone Lazaroo , 2000 single work novel ; Family Album : A Novel of Secrets and Memories Margaret Scott , 2000 single work novel ; White Turtle : A Collection of Short Stories Merlinda Bobis , 1999 selected work short story ; The White Star Jane Sullivan , 2000 single work novel ; The Architect Jillian Watkinson , 2000 single work novel ; Snake Circle Roberta Sykes , 2000 single work autobiography ; Full Circle Helen Townsend , 2000 single work novel ; Vigil Nadia Wheatley , 2000 single work novel ; The Secret : The Strange Marriage of Annabella Milbanke and Lord Byron Ashley Hay , 2000 single work biography ; Reefscape : Reflections on the Great Barrier Reef Rosaleen Love , 2000 single work prose
Refreshing the Memory Drusilla Modjeska , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , August vol. 5 no. 7 2000; (p. 5-6, 26)
Fangs for the Memories Anne Susskind , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 1 August vol. 118 no. 6235 2000; (p. 96)
— Review of Snake Circle Roberta Sykes , 2000 single work autobiography
To Harvard and Beyond Cassandra Pybus , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 222 2000; (p. 5-7)
— Review of Snake Circle Roberta Sykes , 2000 single work autobiography
Dreaming of Equality Donna Lee Brien , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Snake Circle Roberta Sykes , 2000 single work autobiography
Firm Footing on Shaky Ground Sally Blakeney , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 June 2000; (p. 13)
— Review of Snake Circle Roberta Sykes , 2000 single work autobiography
Political, Personal, Powerful Dianne Dempsey , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 July 2000; (p. 7)
— Review of Snake Circle Roberta Sykes , 2000 single work autobiography
Lessons of the Snake Donna Lee Brien , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 August 2000; (p. 5)
— Review of Snake Circle Roberta Sykes , 2000 single work autobiography
Two Grim And Gritty Survival Stories Mark Thomas , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 July 2000; (p. 19)
— Review of Snake Circle Roberta Sykes , 2000 single work autobiography
Refreshing the Memory Drusilla Modjeska , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , August vol. 5 no. 7 2000; (p. 5-6, 26)
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Subjects:
  • Bush,
  • c
    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Country towns,
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
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