Luke Patterson

Luke Patterson is a Gamilaroi poet, folklorist and musician living on Gadigal lands. His poetry has appeared in Cordite, Plumwood Mountain, Rabbit, Running Dog and The Suburban Review. He has also featured in the anthologies Active Aesthetics, Fire Front: First Nations Poetry and Power Today and Best of Australian Poems 2021. Luke is currently a Wheeler Center Next Chapter fellow and Sydney Review of Books Juncture fellow for 2022. His research and creative pursuits are grounded in extensive work with First Nations and other community-based organisations across Australia.

All essays by Luke Patterson

Juncture Review: Luke Pattersonon Dreaming Inside Volume 10
  • Dreaming Inside Volume 10: Voices from Junee Correctional Centre by Aunty Barbara Nicholson (Editor) South Coast Writers Centre

Dreaming Inside-out

Dreaming Inside: Voices from Junee Correctional Centre is an important anthology of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmate poetry, art and storytelling. Now in its twelfth year and tenth volume, over two hundred First Nations authors have shared their stories, songs and critical reflections to a general reading public, not only enlightening ‘outsiders’ about the conditions and contexts of Indigenous incarceration but also significantly contributing to the canon of Indigenous writing.
May. 2023 • • •
Juncture Review: Luke Pattersonon Jazz Money
  • how to make a basket by Jazz Money UQP
    136pp
    Published August 2021
    ISBN: 9780702263385

Culture in the Making (a walk and talk)

When I began
reading how to make a basket
I wanted to find out what I could do
with the text. How would I tend to
the ‘how to’ aspect of its title?
Feb. 2022 • • • •