Pick me! The art of anthologising

Editors are not simply looking for the best when they choose works for an anthology. The decisions are more complicated.
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The compilation of an anthology is a fine art. It requires extensive reading and knowledge of the subject or form it sets out to represent. But a good anthology also has something extra, the quality that brings the assemblage of parts together to make a coherent whole.

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Brooke Boland
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Brooke Boland is a freelance writer based on the South Coast of NSW. She has a PhD in literature from the University of NSW. You can find her on Instagram @southcoastwriter.