Dhuuluu-Yala - to straight talk

‘Dhuuluu-Yala’ is a Wiradjuri phrase meaning ‘to talk straight’. Here Heiss talks straight about publishing Australian Indigenous literature from the mid-1990s to 2000. She reveals that defining Aboriginality and the experience of ‘being Aboriginal’ have both impacted on the production of Aboriginal writing today. It also includes broader issues that writers need to consider.