Black woman, black life

by Kerry Reed-Gilbert

Poetry with illustrations.

Genres: Poetry

72 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Kerry Reed-Gilbert is a Wiradjuri woman from central New South Wales who has performed and conducted writing workshops nationally and internationally. She was the inaugural Chairperson of the First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN) from 2012 to 2015 and continues today as a Director. Kerry is a former member of the Aboriginal Studies Press Advisory Committee, and her poetry and prose have been published in many journals and anthologies nationally and internationally, including in the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature.

Reviews

[Initially NO · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heart-felt authentic, engaging poetry with illustrations. Brilliant book.

Love these lines (p 60),
'I word what did become
of the stories, that had
Never been sung.'

and (p 55, from 'Black & white')
'It ain't all black and white
my life and yours...
Printed on paper
It's distorted words
Us, Blacks did this
Us, Blacks did that
We can never do
Right in your eyes.'

Powerful activism in poetry. A must read.