Laniyuk

Laniyuk was born of a French mother and a Larrakia, Kungarrakan and Gurindji father. Her poetry and short memoir often reflects the intersectionality of her cross cultural and queer identity. She was fortunate enough to contribute to the book Colouring the Rainbow: Blak Queer and Trans Perspectives as well as winning the Indigenous residency for Canberra's Noted Writers Festival 2017 and Overland’s Writers Residency for 2018. Laniyuk currently lives in Melbourne but is hoping to one day return to her home town Darwin.

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for our spirits
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