Revisited: Bruce Pascoe on overcoming a summer of trauma

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Last summer the celebrated author Bruce Pascoe found himself in the middle of two life-changing events: the East Gippsland bushfires, and a very public controversy surrounding his bestselling book Dark Emu and his Indigenous identity. In this episode, Guardian Australia’s Indigenous affairs editor Lorena Allam speaks to Pascoe about how he has rebounded, pouring his efforts into a historic agricultural project in Mallacoota

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This week, we are replaying some of our favourite episodes. This episode first aired on 13 May 2020

Bruce Pascoe sits among Australian native plant Mandadyan Nalluk (dancing grass) at his property in East Gippsland, Victoria
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