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Collingwood, Victoria : La Trobe University Press in Conjuction with Black Inc. , 2022. Edition Not Stated. Softcover. Good Condition. Large Octavo. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges all neat and clean Card cover corners slightly bumped and small spot on half-title page Harwood 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.Harwood refused to… Read More

2022 William Collins // Light dog-ear on top-right corner of front cover, Gentle crease on spine // A detailed behind-the-curtains look of one of Australia's finest poets, the nuanced and prolific Gwen Harwood // 471 pages, 233mm x 152mm x 43mm//100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW