{"product_id":"her-beauty-and-her-terror","title":"Her Beauty and Her Terror","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"basis-full lg:basis-1\/2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pr-0 lg:pr-10\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prose mt-5 max-w-none\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Australian Country Women’s Anthology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Australian landscape can instil fear and inspire awe - it is an ecosystem entirely its own. The picture of Australia evoked by Dorothea Mackellar's 'My Country' still rings true more than 100 years later. She is a land that is beautiful and terrifying, harsh just as she is nurturing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is a contradiction that will feel familiar to any woman. The experience of womanhood - motherhood, love, heartbreak, grief, desire, becoming - rarely arrives as one thing. It is tender and devastating, expansive and suffocating, often within the same moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer Beauty and Her Terror\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings together 100 contemporary Australian women poets turning to the landscape around them to make sense of that contradiction - finding in its extremities, subtleties and forms a mirror for the full and complex range of what it means to be a woman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--accent\"\u003eAbout the Contributors \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eThe contributors to \u003cem\u003eHer Beauty and Her Terror\u003c\/em\u003e represent seven Australian states and territories, bringing together a wide-ranging collection of voices from across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eThey span generations - from young writers at the beginning of their creative journeys to more established voices, as well as contributors whose work has been published posthumously. This breadth of age and experience reflects the anthology’s commitment to capturing womanhood in all its stages, forms, and contradictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eThey also come from diverse backgrounds - Indigenous and non-Indigenous, migrants and multigenerational Australians, regional and metropolitan, early-career writers and established voices - united by a shared willingness to explore complex emotional realities through poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eThis anthology has been edited by Lucy Manwaring who has dedicated this project and its inspiration to her late grandmother. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCloth bound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e188 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"In Her Own Words","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171931205804,"sku":null,"price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1594\/4351\/files\/Wattle_TwineTheAustralianCountryWomen_sAnthologyPoetryBook.webp?v=1793993331","url":"https:\/\/wattleandtwine.com.au\/products\/her-beauty-and-her-terror","provider":"Wattle \u0026 Twine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}