Open secrets : essays on the writing life
2022
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"The lives of writers are a topic of perennial fascination to readers - and indeed to other writers. And yet the writer at work is often a mythologised figure, distant from the cares of the day. In Open Secrets, Australian writers reflect upon the material conditions that give rise to their writing practice. What is it that writers do with their days? These essays document writing lives defined as much by procrastination, distraction and economic precarity as by desire and imagination, by aesthetic and intellectual commitments. Labour is at the heart of this collection: creative labour, yes, but also the day jobs, side gigs, and care work that make space for writing. Bringing together an eclectic and distinctive set of writers, Open Secrets is a rich and provocative account of contemporary Australian writing. The writers included in the collection are Sunil Badami, Vanessa Berry, Miro Bilbrough, Luke Carman, Lauren Carroll Harris, Maddee Clark, Justin Clemens, Lisa Fuller, Elena Gomez, Eda Gunaydin, Tom Lee, James Ley, Fiona Kelly McGregor, Oliver Mol, Suneeta Peres da Costa, Ellena Savage, McKenzie Wark, Laura Elizabeth Woollett and Fiona Wright." -- Back cover.
Main title:
Open secrets : essays on the writing life / edited by Catriona Menzies-Pike.
Author:
Menzies-Pike, Catriona, editor
Imprint:
Sydney, N.S.W. : Sydney Review of Books, 2022.©2022
Collation:
231 pages ; 21 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780648062165 (pbk)9780648062165
Dewey class:
A828.4A824.4828.4
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
514874
More Information:
Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature | 828.4 OPE | Available |