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标题：Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature ed. Anita Heiss and Peter Minter
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作者：Heather Taylor Johnson
期刊名称：Transnational Literature
电子版ISSN：1836-4845
出版年度：2009
卷号：2
期号：1
出版社：Flinders Humanities Research Centre
摘要：International PEN is an indispensable, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the freedom of the written word. Right now, somewhere in the world, there is a writer facing imprisonment or death because of a book, an article, a blog, even. And right now, somewhere in the world, there is a member of PEN writing a letter to free that writer. PEN stands up for the voices being silenced, and this is why it is so appropriate that the Sydney Centre of International PEN, through the Centre for the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature, has put together the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature. Because Allen & Unwin have published the anthology and it therefore has the capacity to be widely distributed around the nation, excuses for why we are not hearing the Aboriginal voice will not hold. The book is a huge accomplishment and a credit to the editors, Dr Anita Heiss and Peter Minter, as well as to General Editor Nicholas Jose. It is a gift to Australian literature, a massively important text which gives new insights into our history and gives thunderous voice to our often ignored, frequently silenced, natural custodians of the land.ties