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Tony Birch on First Nations writing

04.18.2024 - By ABC listenPlay

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Long before the satirical film American Fiction made it to our screens, writers and publishers have grappled with the idea of the ‘race novel’. And just as the Black American characters in the film confronted race and class expectations, First Nation writers in Australia find themselves at the mercy of similar prejudices. 

Writer Tony Birch joins Phillip Adams to discuss First Nations writing in Australia today.

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