Definition: wog (n); a thing

Featured in

  • Published 20200804
  • ISBN: 978-1-922212-50-4
  • Extent: 304pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

A wog is a word for a thing

a polliwog, a golliwog

Already a subscriber? Sign in here

If you are an educator or student wishing to access content for study purposes please contact us at griffithreview@griffith.edu.au

Share article

About the author

Natalie D-Napoleon

Natalie D-Napoleon’s work has appeared in Meanjin, Australian Poetry Journal and Writer’s Digest, among others. She was awarded the Bruce Dawe Poetry Prize in...

More from this edition

Class, identity, justice

Essay THE IMAGE IS strong and striking. It is of a young woman; her face unsmiling, her gaze proud and ever so lightly mocking – as...

Squats, squares and city plans

Essay WALKING ALONG BERLIN’S River Spree one hot summer’s day in 2019, I happened upon a little garden. It was fenced, but a welcome sign sat...

Refugium

FictionTHIS IS HOW it began for those in flight: with the scent of the sea, the sun playing on water, the light refracted by...

Stay up to date with the latest, news, articles and special offers from Griffith Review.