Maxine Beneba Clarke

Maxine Beneba Clarke is the author of Foreign SoilThe Hate RaceWhen We Say Black Lives Matter, and The Patchwork Bike. Her poetry collections include Beautiful ChangelingsCarrying the World, How Decent Folk BehaveIt’s the Sound of the Thing: 100 new poems for young people, and Stuff I'm (NOT) Sorry For: 99 more poems for young people. Maxine was the inaugural Peter Steele Poet in Residence at the University of Melbourne (2023-2025).