May 2015

Southern Sun, Aegean Light—The poetry of second-generation Greek-Australian poets

What does it mean to be a second generation Greek-Australian? How clear is your sense of identity and of belonging? Against the backdrop of Greece’s rich history of language and ideas, there’s been a great modern tradition of writing from across the Greek diaspora. Southern Sun, Aegean Light is a diverse collection of poems from second generation Greek-Australians.

Requiems for the 21st Century

How do requiems help atheists and heathens to grieve in the 21st Century? Through the 20th Century the form became increasingly abstracted and in a way secularised, to a point where today we have works that are not merely ecumenical—they’re universally accessible.