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ISSUE 14.2: We Need to Talk

Axon: Creative Explorations Vol 14 No 2 March 2025

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There is a well-established line of thought, among writers and editors, that our work should contribute to healthier communities and equitable politics; should offer alternative ways of seeing the world; and provide readers with tools for thought and for social engagement. This issue of Axon includes scholarly and creative works that take up various wicked problems, and provide ways of seeing and talking about their forms and impacts.

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Contents

Editorial
Introduction by Owen Bullock, Jen Webb
Creating Authenticity to Foreground Women’s Experience in Historical Fiction
Essay by Christine Balint
Wound and Bloom
Essay by Kim Cope Tait
With/nessing
Essay by Francesca Rendle-Short, Melody Ellis, Roanna Gonsalves
Iterating silences
Essay by Sarai Mannolini-Winwood
Speaking About the Unspeakable
Essay by Emilie Collyer, Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Three erasure poems as ‘palimtexts’
Creative work by Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon
Dialogue with the deceased father
Essay by Emily Rytmeister
Paper Dolls
Essay by Briohny Doyle
EVERYDAY SURREALISM IN THE NEO-MEDIEVAL UNIVERSITY
Creative work by Oz Hardwick
Breaking the Locks
Essay by Roxanne Bodsworth
THE ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (AA) ‘SHARE’ AS LITERARY FORM
Essay by Rose Hunter
Five Poems
Creative work by Gu Kailai
WHAT IF TEACHING WAS DELIBERATELY FUN?
Essay by Emma Darragh, Christine Howe