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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 From the Editors : Migrant Communities and Emerging Australian Literature
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Liverpool, Liverpool area, Sydney Southwest, Sydney, New South Wales,:Casula Powerhouse , 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Southeast Asian Diaspora Writers in Australia and the Consequence of Community-Based Initiatives, Jose Wendell Capili , single work criticism
The author writes: 'Quite often, literary cultures across Australia will not appreciate works by community-based Southeast Asian diaspora writers. This is just part of the challenge. On the whole, community-based Southeast Asian diaspora writers are also confronted with the problem of finding steadier audiences that will collectively endure exotic, unfamiliar or unpopular themes and issues relating to Southeast Asians vis-á-vis Australia. [...] While frequently isolated from many literary audiences, records of each writer's literary texts and attempts, commentaries, letters and position papers are integral to empirical and theoretical explorations about the emergence of Souteast Asian diaspora writers in Australia' (8). This article represents a contribution to that record.
 (p. 7-19)
Found in Translation, Sumana Viravong , single work criticism
The author explains the community-based process of writing, translating, editing and compiling the anthology Seri Lao.
 (p. 22-25)
My Long Journey with New and Emerging Vietnamese-Australian Writers, Ngọc-Tuấn Hoàng , single work criticism
Hoàng Ngọc-Tuấn traces his involvement with the Vietnamese literary community in Australia, beginning in the 1980s with the journal Tap Hop - the first Vietnamese-language literary journal for new and emerging Vietnamese-Australian writers.
 (p. 28-37)
Confessions of a Community Writer, Noonee Doronila , single work criticism
Noonee Doronila writes of her involvement in community theatre and community writing projects, including 'Manila Takeaway,' based on the migration experiences of Filipino women living in Mt Isa, Queensland. 'Malina Takeaway' was first performed in 2005 and again at the National Multicultural Festival in 2007.
 (p. 40-51)
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