![]() ![]() I cannot remember a book that covers so many aspects, and that will be identified with by so many readers, whether it be a reader who can personally identify with one or more of theses stories, or can identify the themes as experienced by a relative or friend. Many of the characters and writers identify with more than one of these groups, making their stories even more compelling. There are stories from indigenous people, members of the LGBTQI+ community, refugees, descendants of immigrants, people with physical disabilities, and others. It consists of a number of stories by various authors, some based on their own lives, some fictional, all featuring marginalised groups in society. ![]() This book will enable me to do this with ease. I love works about, and by, diverse people, and encourage my students to read this type of fiction when and where I can. An explanation of this artwork is given on page 7, providing a sure footing for what follows. ![]() This eclectic work of memoir, fiction and poetry begins from the front cover with artwork from Ambelin Kwaymullina’s painting Voices from the Intersections. Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwaymullina (eds.) Meet Me at the Intersection, Fremantle Press, Sept 2018, 296pp., $19.99 (pbk), ISBN: 9781925591705 ![]()
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