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Tag Archives: transcultural
“Sometimes being yourself is the hardest thing” – A Review of Adiba Jaigirdar’s The Henna Wars
Adiba Jaigirdar’s debut novel The Henna Wars is a highly enjoyable and entertaining read albeit not without its flaws. Set in Dublin, Ireland, the novel follows Nishat, a Bengali Muslim girl, who recently has come out to her parents whose … Continue reading
Posted in Doubly Marginalised - Queer and Transcultural Young Adult Literature
Tagged Adiba Jaigirdar, cultural appropriation, Intersectionality, LGBTQ+, queer, Review, transcultural, YA fiction, YA literature
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A lifetime of poetry – Why you should read “The Black Flamingo”
How can a seemingly simple story of a boy coming of age and coming to terms with his identity be transformed into a visual journey, a tale telling of its time? In Dean Atta’s The Black Flamingo (2019), this is … Continue reading
Jewish-Australianness and Gillian Polack’s ‘Melusine’
Gillian Polack is an important Australian writer and Medievalist who was born and raised in Melbourne. Her heritage and religion have had a great influence on her writing, but not only that – her Jewish-Australianness shows us the importance of … Continue reading
Tagged Gillian Polack, Jewish-Australian, Speculative Australia, Time of the Ghosts, transcultural
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