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An asthmatic, who's been reading Etgar Keret, learns how to breathe
This was shortlisted for the Hachette Australia Prize! The announcement was made at the National Young Writers Festival just a couple of hours ago :)
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Dear oxygen, -
Writing
writing
[ˈrʌɪtɪŋ]
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In hope of a better time
If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot.
A police boot.
Imagine its sturdy leather; its handsome shoelaces, wearing a double-knotted smile; its ringed eyes peeking out underneath a blue hem. -
Me, the most successful immigrant
"Why doesn't she speak it?" scoffs the nail salon lady. I poke through the dried leaves of my mother tongue. I open my mouth, and close it. The silence swells, a bullfrog, broken by the croak of a fake laugh from my mother. -
The Bad Children
His name was Walter.
He had been named after his grandfather. There was the original Walter, and then Walter Junior,
which was him. His first memories: blinding light. The drone of words. A sharp cry- an -
