Nothing Rhymes with Orange

Sydney University alumni, staff and students, Katherine Brabon

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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781742105802
Publication: 01 Mar 2025
Publisher: The University of Sydney

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Foreword by Katherine Brabon

“We are shown how words, from a single noun to a fleshed-out family legend, can invite us in, lock us out, shape or dismantle our sense of identity.” – Katherine Brabon

An alienated daughter reconnects with her mother. A woman questions her reality as she struggles to recognise herself. An awkward car ride home from the airport leads to reconciliation. A family enjoys a lavish meal together.

From the moment we are brought into this world we are seeking connections, seeking love, seeking belonging. It is as fundamental to the human existence as breathing, and yet, it is something we all struggle so despairingly with. We spend so long trying to fit in, that we neglect to see the connections twining us all together.

Nothing Rhymes with Orange is a moving anthology that offers contemporary meditations on the complexities of belonging. This diverse collection of short stories, personal essays and poems is sure to tug on your heart strings and challenge your understanding of what it means to belong.

The University of Sydney Anthology is created, curated and produced by publishing students.

Katherine Brabon is an award-winning writer from Melbourne, Australia. Her first novel, The Memory Artist, won The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award in 2016. It was shortlisted in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and longlisted in the Indie Book Awards. Her second novel, The Shut Ins, won the People’s Choice Award at the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards in 2022. It was shortlisted for the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, and longlisted for the Voss Prize and the ALS Gold Medal. Her third novel Body Friend was shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the ALS Gold Medal.

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Katherine Brabon

Grave Digger by Natarina Ramdhana

Unfamiliar by Samantha Bowers

Consensus by Amalia Stone

The Lost Child by Holly May Myers

Dew on the Grass by Sharmila Jayasinghe

Somewhere, Not Here by Soralinn

Closer to Middle-Aged than Zero by Jannet Xie

settler gratitude by Hellai Gul

Odile’s Feastings by Saraa Purba

land & sound by Hellai Gul

Hatchet by Simone Wong

Where I Made You Happy by Chloe Isabelle Pryce

The Airport by Matilda Meikle

Tina and the Old Man by Sharmila Jayasinghe

Chrysanthemums by Natalie Susak

Con, Ma by Johnny Banh

The Inferno the Living by Joe Denman

Proprioception by Vanessa Yenson

I Came Fleeting on a Boat by Soralinn

The Tense Discourse by Eeshita

Fragility of Being Human by Siddhanth Pai

Sweet by Djuna Hallsworth

This House Has Too Many Rooms by Chloe Isabelle Price

In the Depths of Winter by Vanessa Yenson

Attraction by Toby A Moffatt

Don’t (You) Question by Ngoc Thuan Anh Huynh

Belonging (To Be Longing) by Ngoc Thuan Anh Huynh

Belonging by Angela Fossi

Now You See Them by Karen-Anne Coleman

The Same Blade by Simone Wong

Woodwork by Dennis Haskell

Mangiare O Non Mangiare by Alessio Maugeri

Nothing Rhymes with Orange by Yenfay Camp

Uncles by Dennis Haskell

Seven Mile Beach by Tom Evans

Blood by Christina King

My Grandmother’s Grandmother by Chloe Isabelle Pryce

Like Two Sides of a Coin by Emoh Ebubechukwu Justina

Potato Soup by Joshua Marcus

Let Me Be the Mountain by Chloe Isabelle Pryce

Evening Walks Along the Sunbird Circle by Sanskriti Satyakam

Train Travel by Dennis Haskell

Nineteen Views of Itsukushima by Nicholas Osiowy

Next Door by Sarah Nielsen

The Cat Upstairs by Chloe Isabelle Pryce *

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Format: paperback
Size: 210 x 148 mm
Copyright: 2025
ISBN: 9781742105802
Publication: 01 Mar 2025