The Sacking of the Muses - Softcover

Susan Hawthorne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 192595000X ISBN 13: 9781925950007

Publisher: Spinifex Press, 2019

Synopsis

the Muses have been sacked their role in the pantheonsold up for some new real estate venture When the Muses are sacked, what are we to do? The Muses who inspire poetry, astronomy, history and daily living bring their song and dance into present-day political struggles. These Muses are for rebellion. Susan Hawthorne’s poems span millennia of resistance by women. The earth itself is implicated. She writes about women's bodies, how they are used, abused and celebrated in birthing, in sexual pleasure, in grief, in imagining. She draws on stories from ancient and contemporary India, from Greece and Rome, through language, storytelling and translation. we embrace our double lives like actors and their alter egos some say śleṣa is unnatural I've heard the same said about us

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About the Author

Susan Hawthorne is an award-winning writer of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Her works include eight collections of poetry. Her collection Cow (2011) was shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Poetry prize in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards and was a Finalist in the Audre Lorde Lesbian Poetry Prize (USA). Earth's Breath (2009) was shortlisted for the Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Susan has been the recipient on international residencies in Turkey, Italy and India.

Edition details

• Publisher: Spinifex Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 192595000X
• ISBN 13: 9781925950007
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136