The Sky Runs Right Through Us : Poems From The Edge Of The Indian Ocean

This deeply personal book is also an important historical record. Written from the heart and covering a period of time working on Christmas Island with asylum seekers until her return to Australia with an urgency to bear witness, Pettitt-Schipp's steady eye is levelled at a facade of Australian inclusivity and openness this land's edge /has always been an invitation/a white-toothed smile/ to walk on". To those denied entry, those white teeth become menace, exclusion, shark, crocodile. In a book filled with heart-breakingly tender portraits, borders and bodies, sanctions and sanctuary are held close to each other in ways which articulate the space but also, the common ground between "us"."--Amanda Joy **"These beautiful Christmas Island poems capture both the despair of asylum seekers imprisoned by rock and sea and their ancient will to continue."--Gillian Triggs (Series: UWAP Poetry) [Subject: Poetry]

• | Author: Reneé Pettitt-Schipp
• | Publisher: Uwap Poetry
• | Publication Date: Feb 01, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 136 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1742589596
• | ISBN-13: 9781742589596