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'Social mobility is not a train you get to board after you’ve scraped together enough for the ticket. You have to build the whole bloody engine, with nothing but a spoon and hand-me-down psychological distress.
'Violence, treachery and cruelty run through the generational veins of Rick Morton’s family. A horrific accident thrusts his mother and siblings into a world impossible for them to navigate, a life of poverty and drug addiction
'One Hundred Years of Dirt is an unflinching memoir in which the mother is a hero who is never rewarded. It is a meditation on the anger, fear of others and an obsession with real and imagined borders. Yet it is also a testimony to the strength of familial love and endurance. ' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: To my Earth mother, Deb.
I'm so lucky the universe gave my you.
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- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Snobs, Bogans and Class in Australian Non-fiction
2021
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , November 2021; 'Several recent books examine social mobility in Australia, but run into the same issues as broader discussions of class: a focus on dated signifiers like accents and taste, as opposed to the more complex realities of deepening economic inequality.' (Introduction) -
What I’m Reading
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2019; -
Nostalgia for a Working Class
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 78 no. 2 2019; (p. 192-194)
— Review of One Hundred Years of Dirt 2018 single work autobiography -
Rick Morton Found Writing His Memoir Painful Enough. Then He Had to Read It Aloud
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 18 December 2018;'With One Hundred Years of Dirt a runaway success, the author talks about class in Australia and why his book hit a nerve.'
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[Review] One Hundred Years of Dirt
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , September no. 148 2018;
— Review of One Hundred Years of Dirt 2018 single work autobiography
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Books Roundup Flames, A Superior Spectre, One Hundred Years of Dirt
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , July 2018;
— Review of Flames 2018 single work novel ; A Superior Spectre 2018 single work novel ; One Hundred Years of Dirt 2018 single work autobiography -
[Review] One Hundred Years of Dirt
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , September no. 148 2018;
— Review of One Hundred Years of Dirt 2018 single work autobiography -
Nostalgia for a Working Class
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 78 no. 2 2019; (p. 192-194)
— Review of One Hundred Years of Dirt 2018 single work autobiography -
This Worried World : Why Anxiety Memoirs Are Filling Our Shelves
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 9 August 2018;'As society shifts towards talking more openly about mental illness, readers are hungry for answers and authenticity.' (Introduction)
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Rick Morton Found Writing His Memoir Painful Enough. Then He Had to Read It Aloud
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 18 December 2018;'With One Hundred Years of Dirt a runaway success, the author talks about class in Australia and why his book hit a nerve.'
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What I’m Reading
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2019; -
Snobs, Bogans and Class in Australian Non-fiction
2021
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , November 2021; 'Several recent books examine social mobility in Australia, but run into the same issues as broader discussions of class: a focus on dated signifiers like accents and taste, as opposed to the more complex realities of deepening economic inequality.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2019 shortlisted National Biography Award
- 2019 longlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — The Matt Richell Award for New Writer
- 2019 longlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Biography of the Year
- 2019 highly commended Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Non-Fiction
- 2018 longlisted Walkley Award — Best Non-Fiction Book
- Australian Outback, Central Australia,
- South East Queensland, Queensland,