The lighthouse : thirty-two award-winning stories from the stringybark sex and gender awards / edited by David Vernon ; selected by Abra Pressler, Clare McHugh, Hannah Holland and David Vernon
- Bib ID:
- 8666076
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Vernon, David, 1965-, editor, author
- Description:
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- Hall, ACT : Stringybark Publishing, 2021
- ©2021
- 153 pages : portraits ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780645212259 (paperback)
- Invalid ISBN:
- 0645212253
- Summary:
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Thirty-two award-winning stories in this intriguing and thought- provoking short story anthology explore the many facets of sex and gender. From sexual violence to questions of gender identity these stories from Australian and international authors challenge our perception of who we are. "Sex and gender shape relationships, power, inequality and so much else in our culture. They are ubiquitous, treacherous and delightful; fascinating, complicated and vexed."- Dr Hannah Holland. "We are going to see a movie in Bankstown - movies are great. All that darkness and silence. I like to sit at the back with my date and focus on each centimetre of space that closes between us in delicate little increments. I like to place my arm just near enough his to feel the warmth of him. I could close my eyes and draw the space between our knees, our shoulders, our pinkie fingers. The anticipation is wonderful. In that moment before we are something, we could be anything."- from In the 'Moments Before and After' by Katie Bowers. "Sylvia can still taste the menthol from his breath last night. She recalls how it burnt her lips when he kissed her. Now, she strains to hear his footsteps downstairs, clutching an all too small towel around her shivering body, trapped in her tiny bathroom. It was a foolish idea to think the shower would wash him away."- from 'Suddenly Loud' by Liselle Mei.
- Full contents:
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- Wearing the cost / Richard Baker
- Playing with pride / Aldo Longobardi
- Fireworks / Rod Flanagan
- There are always cons / Kristen Roberts
- Add to dictionary / Courtney Louise
- Alabama song (whisky bar) / Emily Seerup
- Down under / Maria Bonar
- The fairy seamstress / Louise Thorne
- In the moments before and after / Katie Bowers
- Speaking of dragons / Courtney Louise
- Natasha / Deryn Pittar
- Snowballing / Dan McLeod
- My name is Edith / Leonie Huggins
- Moment of truth / Leonie Crowden
- A man's world / Nicole Kelly
- Grace of God / Anne Tavares
- The walk / Terence Phillips
- Colder than home / Hayley Young
- Bright future / Anne Tavares
- Climbing out / Nakita Kitson
- You've got a friend / G. Laura Sheridan
- Exhibit / Amy Wang
- The angler / Alex Talbot
- A brief shining moment / Colin Mayo
- Bunny is dead / Rod Flanagan
- Opening day / Deanne Seigle-Buyat
- Suddenly loud / Liselle Mei
- Molly and the cowgirl, 2010 / Sinclair Buckstaff Jr.
- My catch / Gavin Douglas
- The lighthouse / Mallory Miles
- Whitehall guesthouse / Danielle Scrimshaw
- Cat lady/dog man / Shona Levingston
- The Stringbark Sex and Gender Short Story Award 2021.
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