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Lay Maloney

Lay Maloney is a young storyteller of the Gumbaynggirr and Gunggandji nations and South Sea Islander heritage. They are the recipient for the black&write! Fellowship with the State Library of Queensland for their LGBTQIA+ YA manuscript titled Weaving Us Together. Lay is published in NANGAMAY dream MANA gather DJURALI grow – First Nations Australia LGBTQIA+ Poetry collection edited by Alison Whittaker and Steven Lindsay Ross.

mirrors in coffins

Worried what everyone else thinks Check your hair and makeup, Stare a little longer for a fault Search creases, frizz, and pigmentation Dress down to dress up Leave something to the imagination Tick-tock-tick-tock, You’re running out of time Eyes on …

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