It's All Connected Feminist Fiction and Poetry

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.

Pauline Hopkins: 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.

Introduction Pauline Hopkins 1. Agamemnon’ s Return from Troy Jena Woodhouse 2. Ulyssea Susan Hawthorne 3. now he dreams the Sirens silent Marion May Campbell 4. The End of the Mountains Aviva Xue 5. Suburu Jordie Albiston 6. The Lonely Road Robyn Bishop 7. It’ s All Connected Diane Bell 8. Christmas Hills Rhapsody Sandy Jeffs 9. Kalifornia, her color Usha Akella 10. The Child Thief Bulbul Sharma 11. The Thief Danced On Gena Corea 12. Apostrophe to Anger Pramila Venkateswaran 13. The Thickness of Choice Fiona Place 14. The Treehouse Jacque Duffy 15. Keep Telling Marion Molteno 16. My Cup Runneth Over Anne Ostby 17. Skoteino Cave Coleen Clare 18. Coming of Age, Ready or Not Laurie Ross Trott 19. Elaine Patricia Sykes 20. Real Estate Cheryl Adam 21. I Don’ t Post on Facebook Colleen Higgs 22. After Dinner Angela Costi 23. Three Photographs Carmel Macdonald Grahame 24. Where the Body is Buried Lucy Sussex 25. Souvenirs Carol Lefevre 26. Being Dolphins Mary Goslett 27. About Geese Suniti Namjoshi 28. The Cry Renate Klein 29. Birds Jordie Albiston 30. Lost Bird Merlinda Bobis 31. The Poet Lizz Murphy 32. Educating Nanette Susan Midalia 33. enduring form of women’ s piracy Gina Mercer 34. Aloha Ukelele Cath Koa Dunsford 35. Paige Pauline Hopkins 36. Morundah (or Lunatic Fringe) Kerryn Higgs 37. Alive Sue Ingleton 38. we come to the light berni janssen 39. Get Back In Angela Buckingham 40. Wimmera Jordie Albiston