It's All Connected

Feminist Fiction and Poetry

Pauline Hopkins (editor)

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Spinifex Press
01 December 2022

Poetry; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Feminists have long known that it’s all connected. The stories, the families, the country, the River. In this anthology, poets and short story writers create worlds with words. This book includes stories that draw on mythic traditions rewritten for our time. There are thieves, grandmothers, teenagers breaking out, dark caves to explore and real estate to sell; there are mysteries from the grave, experiments that go wrong, road trips, a circus, an opera, families that break and families that hold together; there are birds and animals and babies, and there is the pandemic. There is stillness and movement; closeness and distance.

This eclectic range of authors brings their unique perspectives to storytelling as they each grapple to understand the past and meet the challenges ahead, daring to share their joy and pain, their fear and anger, their hopes and disappointments. These are women who dare to remember, to claim their own stories and to wonder what may have been.

All the stories I can think of turn out to be full of traps for the unsuspecting. –‘Keep Telling’ by Marion Molteno

By: Pauline Hopkins (editor)
Imprint: Spinifex Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 286mm, Spine: 10mm
ISBN: 9781925950564
ISBN 10: 1925950565
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 01 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Pauline Hopkins is an editor at Spinifex Press and a bookseller. She majored in psychology at university and completed further studies in English and Professional Writing and Editing. She has worked in local government, as a speechwriter and media adviser in state government> She is an avid swimmer, has been a swim teacher, swim coach and lifeguard. She volunteers in the health sector.

Reviews for It's All Connected: Feminist Fiction and Poetry

A bold and powerful anthology offering poetry and prose from a diversity of new and established women writers, It’s All Connected ripples and blazes across a universe of topics, a galaxy of tones. Deftly constructed, moving from ancient myth to present day narratives, from pre-history to future worlds, this book arrives as an elegant feminist fanfare. —Carmel Bird A feisty, vigorous and eclectic volume; feminism is alive and well as a creative force ... —Gail Jones A wonderfully rich and diverse expression of full throttle womanhood. —Amanda Lohrey