Indigenous writing: it’s not just politics

Indigenous women feel a responsibility to write but the obligation to be political is its own encumbrance.
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Tammy Anderson appeared in Sistas Are Doing It at Blak & Bright festival. Image via Blak & Bright

The responsibility to tell their stories is a powerful motivator for Indigenous writers.

Playwright Tammy Anderson, memoirist Kate Howarth and multi-genre writer Anita Heiss ​all spoke of responsibility ​in their session on building a career as a ‘Blak writer’ at Victoria’s first Indigenous literary festival, Blak & Bright.

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Madeleine Dore
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Madeleine Dore is a freelance writer and founder of Extraordinary Routines, an interview project exploring the intersection between creativity and imperfection. She is the previous Deputy Editor at ArtsHub. Follow her on Twitter at @RoutineCurator