Evelyn Araluen. 2025. The Rot (University of Queensland Press)

A ‘redshift eclipsing’ slowly revealing the rot of occupation (16). A ‘fermented tongue’ this work, it flicks with exploratory readiness to act, like that tiger snake surprised on the path (30). Here is ‘what rots in the wound’ (75). Venom as antidote.

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Sue Hall Pyke

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