Of Memory and Furniture

Description

A contemporary collection of women-focused poetry that explores expressions of female embodiment and sexuality, LGBTIQA+ experiences, maternal subjectivity, mental health and abuse. Of Memory and Furniture is described by Julienne van Loon as 'a deeply feminist project', and by David Brooks as 'bold, explicit and unapologetic'. This collection in four parts explores experiences of female embodiment, sexuality, and relationships with family, lovers and institutions. It is concerned with expressions of female sexuality in its myriad forms - heterosexual, lesbian, and experiences of nonnormative sexuality - as well as issues of maternal subjectivity, mental health and abuse and, throughout, the role of memory in enabling healing. The poems are at once erotic and deeply thought through, intelligent and tender.

Bron Bateman is a poet, academic and mother of nine. She is a lecturer, unit coordinator and tutor in the enabling program 'OnTrack' at Murdoch University. Her research interests include cultural studies, creative writing, feminism, the body, and Gothic and gender theory. She has had her work published in collections and journals in Australia, the UK and the US.