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Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle
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'I pick a grain of her, stolen from the urn place it on my tongue. Her body. My blood. She lodges in me.'
Bereft after her grandmother's death, Krissy Kneen began writing these poems in an attempt to make sense of her loss. Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle is a powerful work that offers a kaleidoscope of fitful dreams, tender memories, and heart-struck musings that shine new light on our own mortality.
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Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle by Krissy Kneen is described as a raw and exhilarating work that captures the visceral nature of grief. It blends sensitivity with wit and experimentation, reimagining the traditional form of elegiac poetry.
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ISBN: 9780702253744
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 June 2015
Country: Australia
Imprint: University of Queensland Press
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 100g
Pages: 104
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About the Author
Krissy Kneen is the award-winning author of the memoir Affection (Text Publishing Australia 2009 and Seal Press USA 2010) which was shortlisted for the Qld Premier's Literary Award in the non-fiction category, and the 2010 ABIA awards for Biography, Triptych- An Erotic Adventure (Text 2011) and the literary fiction novel Steeplechase (Text 2013). In 2014 she won the prestigious Thomas Shapcott award for poetry for her collection, Eating My Grandmother. Her novel Holly's Incredible Adventures in the Sex Machine will also be published by Text in 2015. She has written and directed short films and broadcast documentaries for SBS and ABC television and has had short stories published in literary journals, books and magazines including Griffith Review, Kill Your Darlings, Nerve.com, The Big Issue, Best Women's Erotica 2014, Women of Letters and The Lifted Brow.
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