Stella Prize winner Evelyn Araluen on poetry, prizes and Indigenous portrayal
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As the six-month anniversary of her Stella Prize win approaches, First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen has issued a call-to-arms to the arts and publishing industries: don\\u2019t let verse slip through the cracks and ensure your attempts at inclusion are more than tokenistic.
Earlier this year Araluen became the first person to win the $60,000 Stella prize for a book of poetry\\xa0\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Dropbear\\xa0\\u2013 which has since gone on to sell nearly 15,000 copies.
Araluen discusses the importance of writing, prize money, self-doubt and Instagram T-shirts, but also concerns about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation, in an episode of\\xa0Good Weekend Talks\\xa0hosted by\\xa0The Age\\xa0and\\xa0The Sydney Morning Herald\\xa0journalist\\xa0Broede Carmody, a poet himself.
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