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1 Andrew i "Their house has the taste of salt", Anna McGahan , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Griffith Review , April no. 68 2020; (p. 193-197)
1 y separately published work icon Metanoia : Memoir of a Body, Born Again Anna McGahan , Australia : Acorn Press , 2019 19686741 2019 single work autobiography

'Perhaps we have done to our bodies what we have so long done to God? 

'We have let vessels of peace be used as rubbish bins, weapons and punching bags. 

'We have asked them to conform to our image. The image we find the most desirable. 

'We have vanquished their significance, until finally, they have no power at all.  

'By the age of 23, Anna McGahan was wrestling with the rest of the world for ownership of her femininity, sexuality and physicality.  

'As a young actor suddenly thrust into the spotlight as a poster girl for sexual liberation – intent on exploring New Age spirituality, the next relationship and the wildest high – her path continuously pointed her to chaos, consumption and isolation. 

'Until she met God. 

'In this memoir, Anna shares the story of reconciling with her body, mapping its journey from a cheapened product in a marketplace to a vessel of astonishing worth.  

'This is a deeply personal and radical story, of a body rescued, redeemed and set free. Of holy pain and undeserved healing. Of a life completely and irrevocably changed.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 2 He's Seeing Other People Now Anna McGahan , 2012 single work drama 'In a place you know. In a time not far away. You are being watched. They are listening in. And the citizens are rioting. The government has imposed a curfew to be set in place tonight. Follow Archie and Fay, an older man and a younger woman, as they attempt to form a connection in a world that is fast-falling apart around them.

Brisbane's brightest rising star Anna McGahan (Underbelly: Razor) turns her talent to the stage debuting a theatrical voice that strikes hot somewhere between George Orwell and Lars Von Trier.

Fast-paced and rapidly-shifting, this quickfire work - brought to life by emerging director Melanie Wild - hurtles five different relationships against a fierce and strangely familiar political climate as the world around the play seeks to silence the performance.' (Source: !Metro Arts website)
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