Alexis Wright
Alexis Wright
Alexis Wright is a member of the Waanyi nation of the southern highlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Her books include Plains of Promise (1997), Grog War (2009), The Swan Book (2013). Her second novel Carpentaria (2006), published by Navayana, was the winner of the 2007 Miles Franklin Award, the highest literary award in Australia. Her latest novel The Swan Book (2013) was awarded the 2014 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. She lives in Melbourne with her partner Anatoly Sawenko and has two daughters.
- CarpentariaINR 550
Carpentaria starts before time begins. It offers a portrait of a fictional town called Desperance in the Gulf country of north-western Queensland, where whites have pushed the Aboriginal people to ...
Elisabeth Armstrong
Elisabeth Armstrong is Professor in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. She is the author of The Retreat from Organization: U.S. Feminis
Jai Vipra
Jai Vipra works on research and advocacy in technology policy, especially on digital monopolies, trade and finance. She is a rationalist and advocates for the rejection of all superstition, and for thRebecca Whisnant
Rebecca Whisnant is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Dayton, Ohio, USA.