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Donna Mazza Donna Mazza i(A14064 works by)
Born: Established: Bunbury, Bunbury area, Bunbury - Capel - Collie area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Green Thumb Donna Mazza , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 243 2021; (p. 65-70)
1 What I’m Reading Donna Mazza , 2020 single work
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2020;
1 The Last of Its Kind Donna Mazza , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 65 no. 1 2020; (p. 62-68)
1 Fauna Donna Mazza , 2020 extract novel (Fauna)
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , February 2020;
1 3 y separately published work icon Fauna Donna Mazza , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2020 18083849 2020 single work novel science fiction thriller

'Set 17 years into a very recognisable future, Fauna is an astonishing psychological drama with an incredible twist: What if the child you are carrying is not entirely human?

'Using DNA technology, scientists have started to reverse the extinction of creatures like the mammoth and the Tasmanian Tiger. The benefits of this radical approach could be far-reaching. But how far will they go?

'Longing for another child, Stacey is recruited by a company who offer massive incentives for her to join an experimental programme called LifeBLOOD. As part of the agreement, she and her husband's embryo will be blended with 'edited cells'. Just how edited, Stacey doesn't really know. Nor does she have any idea how much her longed-for new daughter will change her life and that of her family. Or how hard she will have to fight to protect her.

'Fauna is a transformative, lyrical and moving novel about love and motherhood, home and family - and what it means to be human.' (Publication summary)
1 Seven Dead Emus i "Coming down from the low hill to drink from the dam,", Donna Mazza , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , August no. 161 2019; (p. 46)
1 The True Tail Donna Mazza , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 64 no. 1 2019; (p. 77-85)
1 Why Are Australian Authors Obsessed with Killing off Kangaroos? Donna Mazza , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 4 March 2019;

'Kangaroos are the most visible of Australia’s unique animals, but despite their charm and national icon status, Australian writers perpetually kill them off.' (Introduction)
1 Kangaroos and Predators in Recent Australian Fiction : A Post-Pastoral Reading Donna Mazza , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , vol. 32 no. 1/2 2018; (p. 94-108) 'When dusk falls in regional Australia, it is common to see mobs of kangaroos ranging in paddocks and on golf courses. They lounge about in family groups in the shade of remnant eucalyptus trees and share the pasture of bovines. They seem peaceful and idyllic, with their wide, dark eyes, cute joeys, and unique gait, and they appear to have close family bonds. They are the most visible and commonplace of Australia's unique animals. Despite all the charm of these awe-inspiring creatures and their status as a national icon, Australian writers perpetually kill them off. Recent Australian fiction has featured native animals that gain substantial narrative agency. Stephen Daisley's Coming Rain (2015) and Louis Nowra's Into That Forest (2012) undertake extended narratives from the perspective of native animals. The dingo and the thylacine, respectively, are given voice in fiction by these works. Domestic, nonnative animals in Australia have also received serious treatment recently by authors such as Eva Hornung and Michelle de Kretser. But Australian stories are less sympathetic toward the kangaroo. One appears struggling in a rabbit trap, doomed and dying in Charlotte Wood's The Natural Way of Things (2015), Tim Winton has one killed on the road, dissected and fed to dogs in Breath (2008). There is an inventory of such examples. Serious treatment of the extinct thylacine abounds, but the kangaroo is often represented as roadkill and dog food. The expendable nature of the kangaroo is a widely held view in Australia, so it is little wonder that this attitude is articulated in our fiction; but it is a bitter irony that the creature that defines us to the rest of the world is perpetually under siege, in life and in literature.' (Introduction)
 
1 Blue Tongues i "In October I found two baby blue tongues,", Donna Mazza , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 63 no. 1 2018; (p. 100)
1 The Clearing i "Where are the gentle eyes and delicate dark fingers of the ones who", Donna Mazza , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 77 no. 2 2017; (p. 176)
1 Love in Two Parts Donna Mazza , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 61 no. 2 2016; (p. 47-55)
1 y separately published work icon Dark Little Ghost Donna Mazza , 2015 (Manuscript version)9145790 9145785 2015 single work novel
1 The Exhibit Donna Mazza , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 60 no. 1 2015; (p. 153-161)
1 What I’m Reading Donna Mazza , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2014;
1 Holyoake Donna Mazza , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Fire : A Collection of Stories, Poems and Visual Images 2013; (p. 77-82)
1 Place and Form in 'The Albanian' Donna Mazza , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: 'The Albanian' and an Accompanying Exegesis: Place and Form in 'The Albanian' 2004;
1 y separately published work icon 'The Albanian' and an Accompanying Exegesis: Place and Form in 'The Albanian' Donna Mazza , Perth : Edith Cowan University , 2004 Z1266912 2004 single work thesis
2 2 y separately published work icon The Albanian Donna Mazza , 2004 single work novel
— Appears in: 'The Albanian' and an Accompanying Exegesis: Place and Form in 'The Albanian' 2004; 'Rosa longs for mystery, adventure, the exotic, and escape from small country-town Australia. Fatally attracted to a romantic image of Eastern Europe, she arrives alone in Dubrovnik in the months before the implosion of the old Yugoslavia.' - back cover.
1 Post-War Landscape i "Nuclear shadows unseen in the smoke", Donna Mazza , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: 1987 Anthology of Australian Poetry 1987; (p. 86)
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