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Maxine Beneba Clarke & Omar Musa

Where
Carriageworks
Carriageworks
245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh NSW 2042
Bay 17
When

Saturday 21 May 2022 from 2pm to 3pm

Cost

Adult: $35Concession: $25

With an unexpected turn of phrase or lyrical twist, poetry can surprise, thrill and invite readers to make meaning from between the lines.

Hear from acclaimed Australian artists and writers Maxine Beneba Clarke and Omar Musa as they discuss their electrifying new poetry collections, which upend conventional wisdom about colonial history, climate change and our pandemic-afflicted times.

Maxine’s How Decent Folk Behave extends her reputation as a “powerful and fearless storyteller” (Dave Eggers), while Omar’s Killernova has been described as “if Frank Ocean ghost-wrote Nostradamus” (Hera Lindsay Bird). They appear in conversation with Evelyn Araluen (Dropbear).

This event is open captioned.

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