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Maree Dawes Maree Dawes i(A88012 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 Gesso i "I grow babies", Maree Dawes , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry 2017;
1 You Must Never Begin Your Work with a Knot i "roll clunk, roll clunk, roll clunk", Maree Dawes , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 59 no. 2 2014; (p. 232-233)
1 1 y separately published work icon BRB : Be Right Back Maree Dawes , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014 7086468 2014 single work novel

'Partner away and home alone but for the sleeping children, our protagonist joins online chat. As a newbie, she battles with the language and protocols of cyberspace and wonders if anyone will ever speak to her online.

'Then online life becomes more technicoloured than the real thing. She makes friends, learns the lingo and ponders the meaning of fidelity, humanity and living in the moment.

'Told from the first person point of view this verse novel uses the language and shape of online chat, email, fragments and stream of consciousness to take the reader headfirst into the world of online life in the nineties. brb: be right back relives the beginnings of social networking with the humour, excitement and dilemmas it can pose.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 Leaving Essaouira i "In the souk", Maree Dawes , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Love Poems 2013 2013; (p. 266-267)
1 I Have Kept You up Too Late Again My Love i "whispering to you of love and secrets", Maree Dawes , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Love Poems 2013 2013; (p. 149)
1 Glovers i "have a specially ground triangular point", Maree Dawes , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Clubs and Societies 2011;
1 Milliners or Straws i "longer than sharps for basting on hats", Maree Dawes , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Clubs and Societies 2011;
1 Betweens i "tailoring and fine work on heavy materials", Maree Dawes , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Clubs and Societies 2011; First Light : Clubs, Societies and Poetry 2012; (p. 30)
1 Sharps i "most general domestic needles", Maree Dawes , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Clubs and Societies 2011;
1 Carpet Needles i "outsized sharps for very heavy materials", Maree Dawes , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Clubs and Societies 2011;
1 Étui : A Series Maree Dawes , 2011 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Clubs and Societies 2011;
1 Our Mothers i "When we gather them in our arms", Maree Dawes , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 55 no. 2 2010; (p. 208-209)
1 Quinces in Laundry Basket i "They come via friends of friends", Maree Dawes , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Indigo , Summer no. 3 2009; (p. 77)
1 Pincushions i "By the end of spring", Maree Dawes , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Lines in the Sand : New Writing from Western Australia 2008; (p. 82)
1 1 y separately published work icon Women of the Minotaur : Les Poemes des Femmes de Picasso Maree Dawes , Floreat : Tactile Books , 2008 Z1559357 2008 selected work poetry
1 I Am So Sweet and Truthful and Once I Was Betrayed Maree Dawes , 2007 single work short story (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: Indigo , Winter no. 1 2007; (p. 36-37) The Best Australian Stories 2007 2007; (p. 333-334)
1 Skin i "There was no skin between us", Maree Dawes , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: emPOWa : Poetry from Western Australia , Issue 2 2001; (p. 104)
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