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Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 The Word Is Round
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Upper Ferntree Gully, Ferntree Gully area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Migrant Women's Writers' Group , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Communioni"Hand round this piece of bread=Reparte este pedazo de pan", Ana Irene Cummins , Ana Irene Cummins (translator), single work poetry (p. 7)
My Deathi"I will be a fossil one day=Sere un fosil un dia", Ana Irene Cummins , Ana Irene Cummins (translator), single work poetry (p. 8)
The Unexpected Gifti"I have written so many names,=He escrito tantos nombres,", Ana Irene Cummins , Ana Irene Cummins (translator), single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Migrant 1i"I live in a city of blacks and whites=Vivo en un cuidad de negros y de grises", Ana Irene Cummins , Ana Irene Cummins (translator), single work poetry (p. 11-12)
I Am Homesicki"I am a traveller without anyone=Garip bir yolcuyum ben,", Ayla Ocal , Ayla Ocal (translator), single work poetry (p. 13)
Soni"you read Ali=Bir Ali okursunuz misralarimda", Ayla Ocal , Ayla Ocal (translator), single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Smorgasbord or Torn between Three Culturesi"Already twenty years have passed=Het is al twintig jaar geleden", Babs Cugliari , Babs Cugliari (translator), single work poetry (p. 16-19)
Lazy Summer Afternoon, Babs Cugliari , single work short story (p. 20)
She, Babs Cugliari , single work short story

The narrator describes a female friend she met after immigrating to Australia. The friend's marriage deteriorated, and she left her husband; other friends are unkind, thinking her ungrateful because of her wheelchair-bound life, seeing her husband as too gracious for her. But the narrator remains friends with her and continues to admire her long into their old age.

 (p. 21-22)
Childreni"Children are like flowers", Barbara Schenkel , single work poetry (p. 24)
Teenagersi"Teenagers are brittle like old china:", Barbara Schenkel , single work poetry (p. 24)
And Still the Wars Rage Oni"Old men give guns to boys", Barbara Schenkel , single work poetry (p. 25)
Christmas '77i"Many times they've sold God=Wiele razy sprzedawano Boga w Jerozolimie", Barbara Schenkel , Barbara Schenkel (translator), single work poetry (p. 26-27)
The Sound in Her Namei"'Kinneret' has the sound of bells in her name,='Kinneret' brzmi jak dzwonki,", Barbara Schenkel , Barbara Schenkel (translator), single work poetry (p. 28)
Hungeri"No feeling of hunger is good", Barbara Schenkel , single work poetry (p. 29)
Greedi"Greedy people", Barbara Schenkel , single work poetry (p. 29)
Lonelinessi"How can I find a friend for me", Bridget O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 30)
A Woman's Battlei"Sleep little baby", Bridget O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 31)
Bodies of Stone, Dina Amanatides , Dina Amanatides (translator) single work short story (p. 34-38; 46-50)
In Vaini"In the evening two gardens had fought", Dina Amanatides , Mary Dicaiou (translator) single work poetry (p. 38-39)
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