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Alexis Wright is a member of the Waanyi people of the Southern highlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Her non-fiction and fiction works have earned her high acclaim and a number of awards, including the Miles Franklin. This story is an excerpt from Carpentaria. It is representative of the strong, non-conventional voice of that novel, some of its layered themes, and its epic perspective. Photo by Jens Johnsson on Unsplash.