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Indigenous Stories Told Collectively
BlackWords : Indigenous Stories Told Collectively
2015
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criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 5) The BlackWords Essays 2019;In this essay Heiss discusses and explains the important role of anthologies in the creation of communities of writers and in acknowledging, consolidating and launching writing careers.
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‘Ropes of Stories’ : Jean Rhys, Vivienne Cleven and Melissa Lucashenko
2015
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criticism
— Appears in: Queensland Review , June vol. 22 no. 1 2015; (p. 75-84)'Cultural narratives also function as lifelines in the work of another Queensland Indigenous woman writer, Vivienne Cleven. Cleven's novel, Bitin’ Back (2001), begins when Mavis Dooley's son, Nevil, announces that he is no longer Nevil, but the writer Jean Rhys. Although Nevil eventually reveals that he has simply been acting as a woman in order to understand the protagonist of the novel he is writing, his choice of Rhys in particular is significant. Nevil selected Jean Rhys as a signifier of his female role because, he explains:
She's my favourite author; she wrote Wide Sargasso Sea [1966]. She was ahead of her time; she wrote about society's underdogs; about rejection and the madness of isolation. I know it sounds all crazy to you, Ma, but this is about who I am . . . [A] lot of people would never understand me and they wouldn't want to. (2001: 184)' (Publication abstract)
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Journey of a Lifetime : From the Sticks to the State Library—An Aboriginal Editor’s Story
2014
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autobiography
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 14 no. 3 2014; 'This paper is a multi-layered sharing of personal, cultural and professional journeys that has led me to becoming an Aboriginal Editor with the black&write! program with the State Library of Queensland. There are a lot of firsts and many significant events that have happened to me, most of which I would never have dreamt about, let alone actually experienced. ' (Author's introduction) -
The Aboriginal Sovereign Woman
2007
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— Appears in: Sovereign Subjects : Indigenous Sovereignty Matters 2007; -
Untitled
2004
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review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , February no. 21 2004;
— Review of Bitin' Back 2001 single work novel
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Not Just Racial but Sexual
2002
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review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 62 no. 2 2002; (p. 174-176)
— Review of Bitin' Back 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2004
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— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , February no. 21 2004;
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'Bitin' Back'
2002
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— Appears in: Aboriginal History , vol. 26 no. 2002; (p. 262-265)
— Review of Bitin' Back 2001 single work novel -
Mavis-Speak is Spot-on
2001
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 October 2001; (p. 5)
— Review of Bitin' Back 2001 single work novel -
Paperbacks
2001
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review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 11 November 2001; (p. 46)
— Review of Bitin' Back 2001 single work novel ; The Bone Flute 2001 single work novel ; The God in the Ink 2001 single work novel -
Awards
2002
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— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 16 no. 1 2002; (p. 74-75) -
'Curled Up Like a Skinny Black Question Mark' : The Irreducibility of Gender and Race in Vivienne Cleven's Bitin' Back
2003
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— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , July vol. 18 no. 41 2003; (p. 187-198) -
The Aboriginal Sovereign Woman
2007
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— Appears in: Sovereign Subjects : Indigenous Sovereignty Matters 2007; -
The Wow Factor
2000
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biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 October 2000; (p. 8) -
Six of the Best
2002
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 September 2002; (p. 7)
Awards
- 2006 joint winner Australian Centre Literary Awards — The Kate Challis RAKA Award Awarded jointly to Cleven's two novels 'Bitin' Back' and 'Her Sister's Eye'.
- 2002 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature South Australian Literary Awards — Award for Fiction
- 2002 shortlisted The Courier-Mail Book of the Year Award
- 2000 winner Queensland Literary Awards — Unpublished Indigenous Writer : David Unaipon Award Pre-publication title: Just Call Me Jean