Launch: Viciously Poetic
“Raf’s writing is unselfconscious and his voice sincere: his poetry is a hand reaching out.”
Featuring
- Raf Gonzalez
See more about Raf Gonzalez - Luisa Mitchell
See more about Luisa Mitchell - J Eh Kaw Thaw Saw
See more about J Eh Kaw Thaw Saw
Dec 19, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Centre for Stories
Join us in celebrating the launch of Raf Gonzalez’s debut poetry collection, Viciously Poetic. MC’d by Luisa Mitchell, the evening will be followed by readings from Raf and J Eh Kaw Thaw Saw.
Copies of Viciously Poetic will be available to purchase on the evening. Drinks and nibbles included.
RSVP is essential, or purchase a ticket to secure your attendance and a copy of the book (to collect on the evening).
ABOUT RAF
Raf Gonzalez is a Latino multi-disciplinary artist; born and raised in Perth, he comes from a family of migrants who moved from El Salvador to Western Australia during the Salvadoran Civil War. Raf is a proud Aspie whose work highlights often-marginalized diverse identities, raising them from supporting character to protagonist, and giving them the agency they often aren’t afforded. Raf has been supported by DADAA and the Centre for Stories with his writing.
PRAISE FOR VICIOUSLY POETIC
Raf Gonzalez’s evocation of pop culture, art, folklore, and techno nostalgia will connect with readers who long for an alternative to the cool artificiality of the modern world. With a tone shifting between patience, wryness, and frustration, Raf’s writing is unselfconscious and his voice sincere: his poetry is a hand reaching out. – Brooke Dunnell
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Raf Gonzalez
Collapse BioRaf Gonzalez is a short story and script writer, a lover of film and video games. His story is about managing anxiety in stressful situations – from losing his phone, wallet and passport at JFK airport, to the COVID lockdown.
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Luisa Mitchell
Collapse BioLuisa Mitchell is a Broome-born storyteller descended from the Whadjuk Nyungar people and British colonial settlers. She is a poet, author, filmmaker and arts producer with a Bachelor of Screen Arts and International Relations from Curtin University. Her writing has been published in Westerly, Liquid Amber Press, Kimberley Stories, and Under the Paving Stones, the Beach. Her prose explores love, spirituality, family trauma, politics, and the funny side of dark situations. She was short-listed for the prestigious Richelle Prize for Emerging Writers 2023.
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J Eh Kaw Thaw Saw
Collapse BioJ Saw is a emerging writer who resides in Boorloo. He writes to stir wonder and awe and imagination exploring everything from the feared and the shrewd to the cherished and the loved. If you were to ask J to choose a superpower of his liking, he’d choose the power of writing. He believes writing is a vessel to anywhere and everywhere.
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