‘Friday Evening. SS Geelong
Dear Mother,
I’m writing this from nowhere, or somewhere, and under difficulties. The good steamship Geelong is rocking about and it is a bit hard to write.’

“It’s suddenly obvious. Of course. He’d taught himself to write left-handed. Seven months after the Battle of Pozières, he was writing again with the only hand he had.” — #JonathanGreen

#AIF 2/27 Btn. #Anzac / #SSGeelong / #Pozières <https://themonthly.com.au/issue/2023/april/jonathan-green/war-correspondence#mtr>

Just ordered my copy of The Annotated Book of American Negro Poetry, freshly published through the Lowcountry Rice Culture Project. Very much looking forward to the collection, especially Jonathan Green's illustrations. Word to publishers - I will buy pretty much any book that includes his artwork.

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