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Jennifer Harrison Jennifer Harrison i(A34391 works by)
Born: Established: 1955 Liverpool, Merseyside,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Female
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1 Details and Disorientation : A Language to Justify Thought Jennifer Harrison , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 435 2021; (p. 48-49)

— Review of Whirlwind Duststorm John Hawke , 2021 selected work poetry

'In the epigraph to this collection, a quote from Jean-Paul Sartre on Edmund Husserl suggests that we are entering a poetic that challenges the possibility of conscious knowledge; consciousness is itself a maelstrom that extrudes the intruder and has ‘no inside’. What follows is both a refutation and embracement of this assertion in chatoyant language that is as thoughtful and melodic as it is powerful. The reader is obliged to work hard to navigate the narrative, and I have rarely read poetry where the search for meaning has been felt so deeply.'  (Introduction)

1 Explorer i "The world closed in, but it was fortunate", Jennifer Harrison , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 431 2021; (p. 37)
1 Absolute Zero i "To have invented", Jennifer Harrison , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 31 2020; (p. 80-81)
1 Eating Fire i "it’s quite okay to eat fire", Jennifer Harrison , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 70 2020; (p. 244-245)
1 1 Door 1 i "the TV chats in a corner of the room", Jennifer Harrison , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19 September 2020; (p. 18)
1 Fairy Floss i "spun to its finest skeins", Jennifer Harrison , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hope for Whole : Poets Speak up to Adani 2018; (p. 101)
1 [Review] La Trobe: Traveller Writer Governor Jennifer Harrison , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Journal of Politics and History , vol. 64 no. 3 2018; (p. 501-502)

'This beautifully illustrated book pays homage to the multi‐talented, often misunderstood, first superintendent of the Port Phillip District and later lieutenant governor of the colony of Victoria during its tumultuous gold‐rush years. Charles Joseph La Trobe took up duties at Port Phillip in 1839 at the age of thirty‐eight, serving fifteen years before resigning to return to Europe. While his Victorian years provide a natural focus for Australian readers, La Trobe’s earlier and subsequent experiences all contributed to the making of his legacy; the private man moulded the sometimes unappreciated public image.'  (Introduction)

1 1 y separately published work icon Air Variations Jennifer Harrison , Canberra : Recent Work Press , 2017 14705162 2017 selected work poetry

'In Air Variations Jennifer Harrison offers beautifully crafted reflections and reveries, quietly spoken images, descriptions and observations of daily life: gardening, relationships, family, friends, ageing and illness. Through a precise use of poetic form and incisive imagery, these ‘twenty-two ephemera’ probe beneath the surface, leaving the reader with a feeling of loss, loneliness and lament. The quotidian is taken up with careful, tender thoughtfulness, discovering rather than defining, seeking answers but allowing the answers to change, to fly free, to not settle too hard and fast. A gentle curiosity pervades the collection, inviting a contemplation of the liminal.' (Publication summary)

1 Narratives of Pain, Illness, Resilience and Fortitude Jennifer Harrison , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , July-September no. 23 2017;

'In a marvellous SBS documentary about New York women who live octo-nonagenarian lives full of vitality and insouciant style, one of the women noted, “As you get older, if you have two of something one of them is always in pain.”' (Introduction)

1 3 y separately published work icon Anywhy Jennifer Harrison , Fitzroy North : Black Pepper , 2017 12288167 2017 selected work poetry

'Jennifer Harrison’s Anywhy is exceptional. The depth and lightly carried learning of the author, as we embrace each poem, is startling. We are philosophically shaken. Her title Anywhy may suggest the cool shrug of ‘whatever’ but Harrison’s neologism is a steady-eyed consideration of the world: its ecology, its history, its fragilities and resilience. Her insight is subtle but never vague, inviting our imagination to consider the inner life of birds, the emotive pull of hardware, Emma Hamilton, a reverie at Blackwood Village (from which the title emerges), DNA or Absolute Zero. Above all, it scintillates with human sorrow and human response.' (Publication Summary)

1 Beauty in Silence Mike Lucas , Jennifer Harrison , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Good Reading , March 2017; (p. 60)
' 'Children are born accepting everybody as equal, and it's only as we grow older that we start to notice differences and become curious,' says Adelaide-based bookseller Mike Lucas. 'Sometimes this can result in embarrassment, isolation or bullying. They should be taught to see that being different is what makes us who we are and that a disability, though to be possibly inherently restricting can be made less so by inclusion, understanding and acceptance.' Mike's new book, Olivia's Voice, is about a girl who wakes up every morning to silence. She can't hear anything, but she can follow the smell of breakfast down to the kitchen, feel her mum's heart beating against her chest during a hug, watch the 'galloping' shapes of her friends' mouths and see words tumble into images as she reads.' (Publication abstract)
1 Drone Illuminations i "the world is not abstract", Jennifer Harrison , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Writing to the Wire 2016; (p. 63-64)
1 The Tent i "I’ve had that dream again of musk and wet", Jennifer Harrison , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 December 2016; (p. 31) The Weekend Australian , 14 January 2017; (p. 17) The Best Australian Poems 2017 2017; (p. 80-81)
1 Shooting Gallery i "he holds the rifle towards her", Jennifer Harrison , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , September no. C1 2016;
1 The Physiognomy of Fixing i "we browse here like cattle on a grassy day", Jennifer Harrison , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Prayers of a Secular World 2015; (p. 28-29)
1 Garawan i "from the worlds pattern of shapes you have chosen", Jennifer Harrison , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2015; Meanjin , Spring vol. 74 no. 3 2015; (p. 110)
1 Sanatorium, 1926 i "she was not told the meaning of absence,", Jennifer Harrison , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2014; (p. 241)
1 Emma Hamilton : Postcard i "Pompeians believed themselves immortal - in museums,", Jennifer Harrison , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2014 2014; (p. 14)
1 Orchestrating the Gaps Jennifer Harrison , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 363 2014; (p. 58-59)

— Review of Ecstacies and Elegies : Poems Paul Carter , 2013 selected work poetry
1 Review : Outcrop : Radical Australian Poetry of the Land Jennifer Harrison , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 359 2014;

— Review of Outcrop : Radical Australian Poetry of Land 2013 anthology poetry
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