{"title":"Ann-Marie Priest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnn-Marie Priest\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts compelling narratives that delve into the lives of remarkable individuals and the cultural landscapes they inhabit. Her works offer readers an intimate look at creative minds and their journeys, blending vivid storytelling with insightful reflections on arts and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect richly detailed biographies and memoirs that illuminate the personal and artistic struggles behind celebrated figures. With a keen eye for character and history, Priest invites us to explore the passions and complexities that shape a life in pursuit of art.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"my-tongue-is-my-own-a-life-of-gwen-harwood-by-ann-marie-priest-9781760642341","title":"My Tongue is My Own: A Life of Gwen Harwood","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA masterful portrait of a major Australian writer, her incandescent poetry and her battles to be heard in a male-dominated literary establishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the 2023 National Biography Award\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first biography of Gwen Harwood (1920-1995), one of Australia's most significant and distinctive poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHarwood is renowned for her brilliance, but loved for her humour, rebellion and mischief. A public figure by the end of her life, she was always deeply protective of her privacy, and even now, some twenty-six years after her death, little is known of the experiences that gave rise to her extraordinary poems. This book follows Harwood from her childhood in 1920s Brisbane to her final years in Hobart in the 1990s. It traces how a lively, sardonic and determined young woman built a career in the conservative 1950s, blasting her way into the patriarchal strongholds of Australian poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHarwood refused to be bound by convention, 'liberating' herself, to use her word, before women's lib existed. Yet she also struggled for much of her life to combine marriage and motherhood with her creative ambitions. In this sense, she is a twentieth-century everywoman. She is also a unique and powerful presence in Australian literary history, a poet who challenged orthodoxies and spoke in a remarkable range of voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis illuminating, moving biography reveals a deeply passionate figure both at odds with her time and deeply of it, and reclaims and celebrates this important Australian writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGwen Harwood, that excellent poet and critic, deserves a sympathetic and lively biography. Ann-Marie Priest, to her credit, has just written that book.\u003c\/em\u003e -Ann Blainey, winner of 2009 National Biography Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRead this meticulous biography with Harwood's poetry in hand, and chase down every poem that Priest cites.\u003c\/em\u003e -\u003cem\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnn-Marie Priest has captured completely the sprite-like nature of one of Australia's finest poets... 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It brings to life the formation of six groundbreaking operatic works while giving a fascinating glimpse into the very different lives of two important Australian cultural figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduced by acclaimed biographer and scholar Ann-Marie Priest, these letters, collected together for the first time, reveal a dynamic creative partnership. Each chapter charts the development of a different work and offers historical and biographical context. The portrait that emerges is compelling, propulsive and illuminating, as the tensions and emerging affinities between the two artists set the stage for the creation of great works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMy Tongue is My Own\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gwen Harwood, that excellent poet and critic, deserves a sympathetic and lively biography. Ann-Marie Priest, to her credit, has just written that book.' - Ann Blainey, winner of 2009 National Biography Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a big book but it is a genuine thrill to read, a page-turner and a classic expression of the biographical form. It's an astonishing achievement.' - Rick Morton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fearless, fascinating account of rule breakers, rule makers and rule enforcers.' - Laura Jean McKay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Priest gives us the full complexity of the different faces in what seems sometimes to have been a darkly revelatory mirror.' - Peter Craven, \u003ci\u003eSpectator Australia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'...essential reading for anyone interested in Australian poetry and\/or the situation endured by creative women before our allegedly more enlightened times.' - \u003ci\u003eThe Canberra Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An accessible account of Harwood's life, often filtered through and framed by an examination of Harwood's complex relationships.' - \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ann-Marie Priest has captured completely the sprite-like nature of one of Australia's finest poets ...Through these pages, the great poet feels so alive.' - Judges' comments, National Biography Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Read this meticulous biography with Harwood's poetry in hand, and chase down every poem that Priest cites.' - \u003ci\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gwen Harwood's life story shows the familiar tension felt by a gifted poet who is also a dedicated wife and mother, but it is more complex than that division suggests. [A] fine biography.' - Brenda Niall, author of \u003ci\u003eTrue North: The Story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack\u003c\/i\u003e and the multi-award-winning \u003ci\u003eMannix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[An] accessible recounting of Gwen Harwood's crowded and emotionally vertiginous life, strengthened by many quotes from her witty correspondence. It should return readers to what matters: her poetry.' - Gig Ryan, award-winning poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Absolutely splendid ... 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