Summary
A brilliant, fiercely profound work of creative non-fiction in the vein of Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts.
In this extraordinary book, Meera Atkinson explores the ways trauma reverberates over a lifetime, unearthing the traumatic roots of our social structures and our collective history. Using memoir as a touchstone, Atkinson contemplates the causes of trauma and the scars it leaves on modern society. She vibrantly captures her early life in 1970s and ‘80s Sydney and her self-reflectio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780702259890 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0702259896 |
| Author: | Meera Atkinson |
| Publisher: | University of Queensland Press |
| Imprint: | University of Queensland Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 154mm x 227mm |
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Critics Review
‘Traumata tells a powerful story with unflinching honesty and forensic curiosity … Passionate, intimate and important storytelling.’ Julianne Schultz AM FAHA
‘Meera Atkinson captures her misspent youth with originality and vigour.’ The Sydney Morning Herald
‘An extraordinary journey through darkness, Traumata emerges courageously where “breath meets love.”’ Leah Kaminsky, author of The Waiting Room
Meera Atkinson
Meera Atkinson has published widely, with her writing appearing in scores of publications, including Salon.com, Meanjin, and Southerly. She also contributes to the quarterly journal Griffith Review.
Meera holds a PhD from the Writing and Society Research Centre at Western Sydney University. In 2017, she was the recipient of the Varuna Dr Dark Flagship Fellowship, awarded for a non-fiction application of outstanding quality in social, historical, or political writing.
Her other accolades include winning the Griffith Review Contributors’ Circle competition in 2016 and the Emerging Writers’ Prize in 2011. She was also shortlisted for The Alfred Deakin Prize for an Essay Advancing Public Debate in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards in 2007.
Her most recent book, The Poetics of Intergenerational Trauma, was published in 2017 by Bloomsbury Academic. Meera lives in Sydney, Australia, and teaches at several universities.
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