Tracker Tilmouth: the Vision Splendid | 
pickHow do you go about writing the biography of a man who was larger than life? The short answer is, you don‘t. Tracker is not neat, linear life story told in a single voice. Rather, it is a “collective memoir”, drawing upon the ancient traditions of oral histories, whereby one man‘s incredible life is related through the stories of dozens of people. Full review here:https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/tracker-alexis-wright/ #NonFiction #Australian
July is Black History Month here in Australia I‘ve written a little post about my TBR. It‘s a good opportunity to hit the Aussies Rule Challenge! Link is here bit.ly/2tHILsPbit.ly/2tHILsP
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so-soA collective biography of Tracker Tilmouth, who was a prominent Aboriginal leader and larger-than-life character. I was keen to read Alexis Wright, but her skill here is collating the stories, not her own writing. Factual & disorientating to read, stories repeat & circle around issues - a different way of getting to the heart of the matter, true to the story-tellers‘ culture & I respect her approach, but I struggled with it. Fascinating but tough.
so-soI struggled with the format (transcriptions of interviews with Tracker and many of those who knew him), but was educated and invigorated by the ideas that arose. Ultimately I think the problem was me not Tracker and fans of biography/history will fare better.
Book problem? What book problem? 🤷🏼♀️ I‘m doing Tracker for our books on the go podcast and didn‘t realise how big it was! 😂 #stellaprize #bookhaul
Congratulations to Alexis Wright for her Stella Prize win!
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(More info at thestellaprize.com.au )
