Bruce Pascoe

Bruce Pascoe is a writer of Tasmanian, Bunurong and Yuin descent. He has worked as a teacher, farmer, fisherman, barman, fencing contractor, lecturer, Aboriginal language researcher, archaeological site worker and editor. Bruce is an award-winning author who has written over thirty books spanning fiction, non-fiction and children’s titles. In 2018, Bruce was the recipient of the Australia Council for the Arts prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature.

All essays by Bruce Pascoe

Essay: Bruce Pascoeon First Nations Poetry

Fire Front: First Nations poetry and power today by Alison Whittaker (ed) UQP
192pp
Published March, 2020
ISBN 9780702262722

Bleat Beneath a Blanket

We are the wordsmiths of the world; we spoke seven to ten languages and used long and complex words in all of them to explain long and complex philosophical statements. We should not apologise for being good with words and their use – it is our heritage.