Cellnight by John Kinsella - ISBN: 9780648414094
Paperback
Imprisoned protester’s cry echoes: decolonize, remember, resist nuclear power’s grip.

Cellnight

A verse novel

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    1 April 2023

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Summary

A unique experience. A novel in ‘spindle’ sonnets. A drama. An impassioned cry for a beautiful and stolen world under threat. A ‘protester’ who has been living in a shallow cave in the limestone cliff in front of Bathers Beach under the colonial Round House prison in Fremantle is arrested for demonstrating against the late 80’s visit of the nuclear-armed 7th Fleet. In the cells the ‘protester’ witnesses police violence and threatens to tell what they have seen. An act of declaration becomes e…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780648414094
ISBN-10:0648414094
Author:John Kinsella
Publisher:Transit Lounge Publishing
Imprint:Transit Lounge Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:1 April 2023
Weight:228g
Dimensions:107mm x 219mm x 204mm
About The Author

John Kinsella

John Kinsella lives on Ballardong Noongar land at ‘Jam Tree Gully’ in the Western Australian wheatbelt, and went to high school on Yamaji land in Geraldton, and has also lived in USA, UK, Ireland and other zones. His recent publications include the poetry volumes The Weave with Thurston Moore (UWAP 2020) and The Ascension of Sheep, Collected Poems Volume One (1980-2005) (UWAP 2021). Previous story collections include the awards-listed Pushing Back (Transit Lounge 2021) and Old Growth (Transit Lounge 2017). His memoir Displaced: A rural life was published by Transit Lounge in 2020.

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