Of Memory and Furniture [Paperback]

Of Memory and Furniture is described by Julienne van Loon as ‘a deeply feminist project’, and by David Brooks as ‘bold, explicit and unapologetic’. This collection in four parts explores experiences of female embodiment, sexuality, and relationships with family, lovers and institutions. It is concerned with expressions of female sexuality in its myriad forms – heterosexual, lesbian, and experiences of nonnormative sexuality – as well as issues of maternal subjectivity, mental health and abuse and, throughout, the role of memory in enabling healing. The poems are at once erotic and deeply thought through, intelligent and tender.Bron Bateman is a poet, academic and mother ofnine. She is a lecturer, unit coordinator and tutorin the enabling program ‘OnTrack’ at MurdochUniversity. Her research interests include culturalstudies, creative writing, feminism, the body,and Gothic and gender theory. Her first poetrycollection, People from Bones (with Kelly Pilgrim)was published in 2002. She has had her work published in collectionsand journals in Australia, the UK and the US.This powerful collection in four parts explores experiences of female embodiment, abuse, sexuality and relationships with family, lovers and institutions.