I would suggest that when lesbians become victims of attack, they are a signal. They are the canaries in the mine. And if the perpetrators get away with it, then …
WRITING BACKWARDS: Susan Hawthorne’s Dark Matters
Review by Lucy Alexander Edited by Robyn Cadwallader What if it was you who were woken by the crash of your door falling in the early hours of morning? Just …
Inside my head (Susan Hawthorne)
for my father Inside my head are patterns a quilt of paddocks seen from the cockpit of the Tiger Moth the coastline is drawn in waves, crumpled like silk maps …
Taut and Quivering Narrative Traction: Susan Hawthorne’s Limen
Review by Lucy Alexander Limen is the notion of barely perceptible difference, where the senses can barely detect that there is sound, for example, or that the river has edged …
The Playful Provocation of a Complex Tapestry: Susan Hawthorne’s Cow
Review by Robyn Cadwallader The cover of Susan Hawthorne’s Cow, both back and front, is an Indian-style patchwork featuring cows in paintings, photos, carvings, bas relief, even street signs (‘Beware …
The playful provocation of a complex tapestry (Robyn Cadwallader)
The cover of Susan Hawthorne’s Cow, both back and front, is an Indian-style patchwork featuring cows in paintings, photos, carvings, bas relief, even street signs (‘Beware of Cattle on Road’), …
Hard Notes of War: Susan Hawthorne's Valence
Review by Lesley Lebkowicz War has always been a subject for poetry – for all forms of literature – in every culture, in every time. It’s been examined, glorified, abhorred. …
HARD NOTES OF WAR: a review of Valence by Susan Hawthorne (Lesley Lebkowicz)
War has always been a subject for poetry – for all forms of literature – in every culture, in every time. It’s been examined, glorified, abhorred. Rarely does a writer …