Us Mob Writing
Kuracca
Running Water Community Press, 2023
Kuracca ― meaning white sulphur crested cockatoo ― is a multi-lingual anthology featuring eleven Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women writing poetry, prose, songs and stories about their unique lives. All contributors are members of Canberra’s longest running Indigenous writers group called ‘Us Mob Writing’ and this book is dedicated to the late Wiradjuri Elder and award-winning writer, Kerry-Reed Gilbert. With a strong focus on inspiring people to write, the anthology includes both emerging and award-winning writers, a preface by Chairperson Us Mob Writing, Marissa McDowell and a foreword by Chairperson First Nations Australia Writers Network, Yvette Holt.
“Powerful and palpable, Kuracca honours the work of a cultural powerhouse and matriarch in style. The book showcases the strengths and fresh and exciting writing of a tightly bonded group. This is healing.”
Contributors
Kerry Reed-Gilbert, Lisa Fuller, Joyce Graham, Samantha Faulkner, Samia Goudie, Elaine Patricia Lomas, Odette Fuller, Jessika Spencer, Marissa McDowell, Barrina South and Brenda Gifford
