Blakwork by Alison Whittaker

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A stunning mix of memoir, reportage, fiction, satire, and critique composed by a powerful new voice in poetry. Alison Whittakers BLAKWORK is an original and unapologetic collection from which two things emerge; an incomprehensible loss, and the poets fearless examination of the present.Whittaker is unsparing in the interrogation of familiar ideas identifying and dissolving them with idiosyncratic imagery, layering them to form new connections, and reinterpreting what we know.WINNER – 2019 Queensland Literary Awards (Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection)WINNER – 2019 Mascara Avant-Garde Literary AwardSHORTLISTED 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (Poetry)SHORTLISTED 2019 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (Indigenous Writing Prize)SHORTLISTED 2019 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the YearLONGLISTED 2019 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal