A Refreshing Sleep
by Kim Scott
The man paused, pen in hand. His two sentences surprised him; the first, in a language few could read and in which words came slower than drawing, was more like painting than writing. And then the second sentence — not a true translation, though most apt — came so quickly.
Issue 54 Number 2 November 2009
Cover: Bronwyn Bancroft, ‘Paradox of Inequality 2007’
synthetic polymer paint on canvas (1.5m x 1.5m). Courtesy Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne.
54.2
November 1, 2009
$14.95
issue contents
This unique edition of Westerly provides a space for Aboriginal stories to be published and heard.
Leonard M. Collard
Djidi Djidi, Wardong, Kulbardi, Walitj And Weitj: Nyungar Dream Time Messengers
Tjalaminu Mia
Another Day
Tjalaminu Mia
Sacred Sisters
Blaze Kwaymullina
Nanna And Me
Kim Scott
A Refreshing Sleep
Alf Taylor
Wildflower Girl
Alf Taylor
Nyoongar Woman And A Mobile Phone
Jake Milroy
Up A Ladder: Black Words And Me
Bronwyn Bancroft
The Invisible Sleeper
Jeannie Herbert
Travelling Memory Road: A Dialogue With My Brother
Alf Taylor
The Land
Jill Milroy And Gladys Milroy
Dingo’s Tree
Pat Dudgeon And Sabrina
Dudgeon Remembering Christine
Ambelin Kwaymullina
The Butterfly Birthday
Blaze Kwaymullina
Outside
Erica Spry
Kimberley Country Connections And Reflections
Alf Taylor
Binjareb Spear
Walha Udi Marvyn-Anha Frederick Mckenzie Snr
Adnya-Mathanha Yura Life Cycle, Birth Names, And Connection To The Heavenly Bodies
John Oxenham And Darlene Oxenham
Life Lessons
