Love
Stories, Poems and Essays
Love. It is a beautiful mess of complex, confusing and interconnecting emotions. For some, it means romance, for others, family. There are those who understand love as empowerment, resistance and existence; those who say it is created from nothing; and those who believe it is always there, binding the universe together, waiting for us to find it and grab on tight.
In this mesmerising collection of stories, poems and essays from the award-winning team of Sweatshop Literacy Movement, you are invited to take a journey through dingy streets and pristine sunsets, delve deep into the tormented soul, and attempt to make sense of that big crazy thing called the human heart.
Shirley Le is a Vietnamese-Australian writer from Yagoona, Western Sydney. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Macquarie University and has been a Creative Producer at Sweatshop Literacy Movement since 2020. Shirley’s short stories and essays have been published in Overland, SBS Voices, Griffith Review, Meanjin, The Guardian and The Sydney Morning Herald. Shirley’s debut novel, Funny Ethnics (Affirm Press, 2023) was shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year Award and the Readings Prize.
