The Drop Off: David Stavanger with Omar Sakr, Toby Fitch and Jennifer Wong

Exploring the liminal space of shared custody and societal tropes of the ‘broken family’, this collection is the follow-up to Stavanger’s award-winning Case Notes. A blend of poetry, found text, short-form prose, reportage, and longer poetic non-fiction, this work unravels the day-to-day reality of co-parenting amid growing environmental and class concerns, and the ways we stay afloat.

Launched on the night by Omar Sakr with readings by David Stavanger, Jennifer Wong, and Toby Fitch.

Stavanger’s lyric is both elastic and electric – there’s no limit to where his lines extend, and the snap back is charged with enough volts to restart any heart. - Omar Sakr

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David Stavanger is a poet, producer, parent, and (lapsed) psychologist living on Dharawal land. He is the co-editor of Solid Air: Australian & New Zealand Spoken…