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Fire Front: First Nations Poetry and Power Today by Alison Whittaker

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seasofclouds's review

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emotional informative sad tense

5.0

emalee08's review

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5.0

A book that everyone who lives/has lived in Australia must read. Profound and moving. 5/5

pantea's review

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I follow to learn, but it is not my knowledge to know
— steven oliver, lead you to the shore

Young people are going to discover our poetry in the archives, along with the other Aboriginal brothers and sisters from around the world who are writing and winning awards. And you know: we're quite a force.

This is such a wonderful collection of poetry. I loved getting to see so many of my favourite writers in here, as well as a whole bunch of new people to follow. I also really enjoyed the essays at the start of each section—it really added to the enjoyment of the poems for me. I really hope we'll see more collections like this going forward.

boezaaah's review

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So incredible! I really loved this collection. I would argue that this is written by Indigenous Australians for Indigenous Australians, but there's so much to be learned and taken away from this. What made this so special is that it's completely unapologetic. And it's proud. Just as it should be.

jesseb's review

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

when your uni tutor contributes to a poetry collection and you didn't even know until you stumble upon his poem @paul collis

brodiesbookshelf's review

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5.0

A beautiful collection of poems written by Indigenous Australian authors.

I particularly enjoyed the essays that themed each section of the book.

I can’t give these poems or essays the justice they deserve in a simple review so I will just recommend reading through this beautiful collection yourself.