A Real Piece of Work

Name: A Real Piece of Work
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781761340154
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By Erin Riley

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A Real Piece of Work by Erin Riley explores intricate dynamics in the world of contemporary art. It delves into the lives of artists and curators, focusing on the creative process and the influence of personal and professional struggles. The narrative beautifully captures the essence of art and its impact on identity and relationships.
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This book may appeal to you if you have an interest in exploring the intersections of art and human experience. It offers a deep dive into the creative processes of artists and the cultural impact of their work, providing insight into the world of contemporary art. If you enjoy reflecting on the transformative power of creativity, this book could be a captivating read.

A Real Piece of Work

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An exhilarating, thought-provoking and joyful debut that asks how we create our identities and how we can transcend them.

Language gave to me the body I knew was mine and brought into existence so many possibilities for what my gender can be.

Across these twenty fresh and boldly intimate stories, Erin Riley writes about the things that matter most—family, heartbreak, humanity, justice and swimming, and the messy, hard graft of becoming one's authentic self.

In weaving together their everyday while questioning society and its structures, Erin gifts us stories that double as a manifesto on how to disrupt and reinvent narrative, identity, love and community.

Life is complicated, messy and—when small risks are taken—even exhilarating. In Erin's hands, we fall in love, get curious and become exasperated with (and sometimes charmed by) the people in their life, emerging with new perspectives on how to be in the world.

Social worker and counsellor Erin Riley is a recipient of Penguin Random House Australia's 2021 Write It fellowship programme, which aspires to find, nurture and develop unpublished writers across all genres, with a focus on underrepresented sections of our community.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761340154

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 July 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Viking Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 256

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Education & Reference Erin Riley LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

By day, Erin Riley is a social worker, having spent most of the last decade working alongside marginalised populations in community aged care in and around Sydney. By night, Erin's a skivvy-wearer, a dedicated reader, wrestling fan, swimmer of laps and a lover of routine. Erin brings a queer lived experience to their professional work and to their writing, and is fascinated and energised by the power of stories in both understanding and reimagining ourselves. They were a Penguin Random House Australia Write It fellow in 2021, and have been published in Kill Your Darlings, Bent Street and various corners of the internet, as well as in UQP's anthology of non-fiction by autistic writers, Someone Like Me. Erin lives in Sydney with their partner and Remy the dog.