Blue Wren

(Paperback)

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A powerful collection of poetry filled with love, tenderness and anger, queer passion and fulfilment, and maternal gratitude. Blue Wren is a beautiful and moving body of work from poet Bron Bateman. Using Frida Kahlo as her inspiration, she has crafted a collection of poems that builds on the themes from Of Memory and Furniture of healing and reclaiming her past. In her new book, Bron experiments with different forms, such as magical realism, prose poetry and free verse, with many poems addressed to her lover, her sister, her children and the strong influence that her mother had on her life.

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"These honest, brave and hopeful poems constitute an interior journey that is well worth embarking upon." -- Writing WA
"Theres a working-class wit and tenacity throughout Blue Wren (Fremantle Press), which is perfectly expressed in Batemans poem Ambitions " -- California Review of Books

Author Bio

Bron Bateman is a poet, academic and mother of nine. She is a lecturer, unit coordinator and tutor in the enabling program 'OnTrack' at Murdoch University. Her research interests include cultural studies, creative writing, feminism, the body, and Gothic and gender theory. She has had her work published in collections and journals in Australia, the UK and the US.