Throat is the explosive second poetry collection from award-winning Mununjali Yugambeh writer Ellen van Neerven. Exploring love, language and land, van Neerven flexes their distinctive muscles and shines a light on Australia's unreconciled past and precarious present with humour and heart. Van Neerven is unsparing in the interrogation of colonial impulse, and fiercely loyal to telling the stories that make us who we are.

Contents: The haunt-walk in -- Whiteness is always approaching -- I can't wait to meet my future genders -- Speaking outside -- Take me to the back of my throat.

Includes bibliographical references.

Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Shortlist 2021