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Skin Painting
Skin Painting | Elizabeth Hodgson
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Brave, haunting, and evocative, this powerful volume presents its poetry in the form of a memoir. From the poet's early experiences in an institution and the effect of this on her family to the illustration of her strength and independence as an adult, this biographical collection helps make the Aboriginal experience accessible and resonant. Exploring themes of art, identity, sexuality, and loneliness, this compendium is both universal and intimate.
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Skin Painting | Elizabeth Hodgson
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Memoirs in verse are not something you read every day. Skin Painting is an intimate life story, told in poetry, by a Wiradjuri woman from the Stolen Generations.

"Little four year old with bells on her slippers

tinkling through the halls of her new home
tip-toeing past his office
his hearing is acute
the door opens
she's ordered in

He locks the door
and I am alone with him -inside.

a betrayal of bells at my feet"

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