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Heather Taylor Johnson Heather Taylor Johnson i(A79714 works by) (a.k.a. Heather Johnson)
Born: Established: Minnesota,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1999
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1 The Room Closes i "in front of the doorway’s a mirror, it’s critical positioning, there are sliver-thin streaks and a", Heather Taylor Johnson , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Saltbush Review , no. 4 2023;
1 Vale Alison Flett Heather Taylor Johnson , 2023 single work obituary (for Alison Flett )
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , vol. 38 no. 1 2023;
1 Games i "Days pinch and lately I’ve noticed every time I look in the mirror", Heather Taylor Johnson , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , September 2023;
1 But How Did the Hole Get There? i "'That hole the size of a head above the sink where you found the lollies", Heather Taylor Johnson , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , vol. 36 no. 1 2023; (p. 125)
1 ‘Excavating Something I Barely Had Language for’ : Two Memoirs of Disability and Family Explore Deafness and Dwarfism Heather Taylor Johnson , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 25 September 2023;
— Review of The House With All The Lights On : A Memoir about Deafness, Hearing and Family Jessica Kirkness , 2023 single work autobiography ; Broke : A Story about Love, When Love Is All You Have Sam Drummond , 2023 single work autobiography
1 Nothing Out of the Ordinary i "We were not skydivers in the 19190s. I did not wear a cream crocheted bikini top. I was not in", Heather Taylor Johnson , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 251 2023; (p. 60-61)
1 The House on Stilts i "It isn’t the beginning but start with this morning: finally sun", Heather Taylor Johnson , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: StylusLit , September no. 14 2023;
1 Spoonbridge and Cherry at the Opening of a Toilet i "It was JB’s birthday, everyone was there but her ex, who I most wanted to see,", Heather Taylor Johnson , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 September no. 110 2023;
1 ‘A Cosmic Kind of Meaning-making’ : A Review of Mike Ladd and Cathy Brooks’s Dream Tetras Heather Taylor Johnson , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Saltbush Review , no. 3 2023;
— Review of Dream Tetras Mike Ladd , 2022 selected work essay
1 Caravaggio, Rabit and Ox i "of robe, of load on flesh", Heather Taylor Johnson , Paul Munden , Oliver Comins , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , 37 2023; (p. 72-75)
1 Ears Heather Taylor Johnson , 2023 single work essay
— Appears in: Science Write Now , no. 8 2023;

'Most ear issues lean toward vertigo and hearing loss, and doctors will not diagnose a patient with Ménière’s disease unless they experience both. Before my diagnosis, I thought hearing loss meant gaining silence. Since my diagnosis, I’ve gained noise.' (Introduction) 
1 Softly i "I’ve learned to speak softly to doctors so they trust my suffering", Heather Taylor Johnson , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 12 no. 1 2022; (p. 56-58)
1 A Conversation about Art i "What are your thoughts on art and the female body?", Heather Taylor Johnson , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 36 2022; (p. 40-43)
1 At Home i "I open the front door, smell the familiar woody aroma of home, feel warmth enveloping me. Home is a place", Rachael Wenona Guy , Heather Taylor Johnson , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 15 September no. 106 2022;
1 At Home i "I am couch-sprawled, pinch of lower back and hips because I twist my body outlandishly, a comfort that’s", Heather Taylor Johnson , Rachael Wenona Guy , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 15 September no. 106 2022;
1 At the Supermarket i "I have avoided supermarkets for three months now. The physio says it is very normal for people in my", Rachael Wenona Guy , Heather Taylor Johnson , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 15 September no. 106 2022;
1 At the Butcher i "I have three children, fair, pale and risen lean, and I’m always buying chicken, what it means to be a mother", Heather Taylor Johnson , Rachael Wenona Guy , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 15 September no. 106 2022;
1 In the Car i "Today I can drive. Yesterday I could not. The steering wheel in my hands is warm as victory. Driving can", Rachael Wenona Guy , Heather Taylor Johnson , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 15 September no. 106 2022;
1 On the Train i "I’m sitting on a blue seat, two red ones in front of me and a sign above them illustrating what priority seating", Heather Taylor Johnson , Rachael Wenona Guy , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 15 September no. 106 2022;
1 My Raucous, Singing Ear Rachael Wenona Guy , Heather Taylor Johnson , 2022 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 15 September no. 106 2022;
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