The Sky Runs Right Through Us

By Renee Pettitt-Schipp

This deeply personal book is also an important historical record. Written from the heart and covering a period of time working on Christmas Island with asylum seekers until her return to Australia with an urgency to bear witness, Pettitt-Schipp's steady eye is levelled at a facade of Australian inclusivity and openness "this land's edge /has always been an invitation/a white-toothed smile/ to walk on." To those denied entry, those white teeth become menace, exclusion, shark, crocodile. In a book filled with heart-breakingly tender portraits, borders and bodies, sanctions and sanctuary are held close to each other in ways which articulate the space but also, the common ground between "us." - Amanda Joy These beautiful Christmas Island poems capture both the despair of asylum seekers imprisoned by rock and sea and their ancient will to continue. - Gillian Triggs

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742589596
• ISBN13: 9781742589596
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Uwap Poetry
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.3"