Drawing on the energies of 18th century English convict women, including Rhook's own ancestors, these poem open raw questions of belonging, narrating 'mother' as a long process of becoming. Through stories of childhood, fertility, and of nurturing new life during a pandemic, Rhook casts off the patriarchal weight of history, pulling origins 'from the seabed to the surface'.
Main title:
Second Fleet baby
Creator:
Rhook, Nadia, 1984-, author
Date Published:
2022
Language:
English
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