Edited book
ACE III: Arresting Contemporary stories by Emerging Writers
Recent Work Press
2022
Abstract
The contributions to ACE III are diverse in form and theme. As a composite picture the collection represents an expansive vision for short-form writing. We include work by authors from diverse cultural and geographical locations, including – Australia: Gadigal Country, Dharawal Country, Wodi Wodi Country, Wurundjeri land, Naarm, Jinibara Country, Whadjuk Country, Turrbal & Yuggera land, Ngunnawal Country, as well as Dallas (USA), Mexico City, Greece, Norway, Tbilisi: Georgia, NYC, Chennai: India, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia.
The authors examine the conundrum and contradiction of human experience through carefully crafted detail. The brevity of short-form writing makes it an apt vessel for capturing the haunting incompleteness of human experience. Through flash and traditional length short stories, creative nonfiction, memoir, and hybrid forms, there is a compelling ebb and tow of ideas, as focalised through highly idiosyncratic registers. The authors cultivate narrative detail with intuitive hands and minds, fashioning abstracted realities that linger well beyond the final lines of the text. The contributions leave the reader reeling, asking how it is possible that story-work can enter our affect cycle as if it were lived experience.
Details
- Title
- ACE III: Arresting Contemporary stories by Emerging Writers
- Authors
- Julia Prendergast (Editor)Eileen Goodall (Herbert-Goodall) (Editor) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesDeb Wain (Editor)
- Publication details
- 328 pages
- Publisher
- Recent Work Press
- ISBN
- 9780645356373
- Organisation Unit
- Community Engagement; School of Business and Creative Industries
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99692198602621
- Output Type
- Edited book
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