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Carrying the World
Carrying the World | Maxine Beneba Clarke
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ABIA and Indie award winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke (author of Foreign Soil and the forthcoming memoir The Hate Race) is one of Australia's most innovative and celebrated poets. 'one of the most compelling voices in Australian poetry this decade' - Overland Literary Journal A haunting visit to the International Museum of Slavery, in Liverpool England. A feisty young black girl pushing back against authority. The joy and despair of single parenthood. A love-hate relationship with words. This collection brings the best of a decade-long international poetry career to the page.
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I feel a bit punch drunk now.

This is such a confronting book of poems. Challenging yet not unreachable.

Some standouts.
Marngrook. (My favourite )
Ghetto Gentry
Mali
Nothing Here Needs Fixing. (Another real favourite. )
Show Me a Girl at Five. (Ode to Maya Angelou)

I would not say I loved each poem. But that is not the point. The book as a whole is emotional and confronting.

Read it.
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