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Jazz Money Jazz Money i(13194030 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Wiradjuri
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1 Sky Rivers Jazz Money , Cassandra Barnett , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Woven : First Nations Poetic Conversations from the Fair Trade Project 2024;
1 y separately published work icon Bila, a River Cycle Jazz Money , Matt Chun (illustrator), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2024 26852315 2024 single work picture book children's 'What became of the river who rose up and called
themself human?
'Stepped upon the land containing the memories
of snow melt and wellspring.' 

(Publication summary)

1 form y separately published work icon Winhanganha Jazz Money , ( dir. Jazz Money ) Australia : National Film and Sound Archive , 2023 27373962 2023 single work film/TV

'WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) – is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is an examination of how archives and the legacies of collection affect First Nations people and wider Australia, told through the lens of acclaimed Wiradjuri artist, Jazz Money. ' 

1 So Too the Sunrise Jazz Money , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Line in the Sand 2023;
1 Redbellyblacksnake Jazz Money , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Nangamay Dream Mana Gather Djurali Grow : First Nations Australia LGBTQIA Poetry 2023; (p. 88)
1 #mardigrasrainbowdreaming Jazz Money , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Nangamay Dream Mana Gather Djurali Grow : First Nations Australia LGBTQIA Poetry 2023; (p. 18-20)
1 ‘Collective Generosities’ : Sara M Saleh in Conversation with Jazz Money Sara Saleh (interviewer), Jazz Money (interviewer), 2023 single work interview
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 109 2023;

'Jazz Money is a poet and artist of Wiradjuri heritage creating work across installation, digital, performance, film and print. Money’s first poetry collection, how to make a basket (UQP, 2021) was the 2020 winner of the David Unaipon Award. This transcript documents the in-conversation between Money and Sara M Saleh, a poet, writer and human rights lawyer. This exchange marked the launch of how to make a basket and occurred on the unceded lands of the Dharug people in December 2021 at Arts & Cultural Exchange (ACE, formerly Information + Cultural Exchange). This event was co-presented by ACE and Sweatshop Literacy Movement. Throughout their conversation Money and Saleh share necessary and valuable thoughts about poetry as a democratic form, the power of story in contributing to personal and collective identities and the ethics and responsibility of writing.' (Introduction)

1 Still the Night Parrot Sings Jazz Money , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Best of Australian Poems 2022 2022; (p. 175)
1 Giyira i "What is it to talk about literary freedoms, on a", Jazz Money , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sydney PEN Magazine , May 2022; (p. 12-13)
1 Yirawulin i "the bush is glowing in the dying light", Jazz Money , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 245 2022; (p. 87)
1 Mardi Gras Rainbow Dreaming i "the BWS is now BWyaasssssS in yas queen as in yasssss gay", Jazz Money , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Best of Australian Poems 2021 2021; (p. 124)
1 If That Ghost Is Still Here Come Morning i "if that", Jazz Money , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , October no. 103 2021;
1 3 y separately published work icon How to Make a Basket Jazz Money , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2021 21861313 2021 selected work poetry

'A powerful and lyrical collection of poetry by the winner of the 2020 David Unaipon Award.

'the end of the world was marked with beautiful light we should have known

'Simmering with protest and boundless love, Jazz Money's David Unaipon Award-winning collection, how to make a basket, examines the tensions of living in the Australian colony today. By turns scathing, funny and lyrical, Money uses her poetry as an extension of protest against the violence of the colonial state, and as a celebration of Blak and queer love. Deeply personal and fiercely political, these poems attempt to remember, revision and re-voice history.

'Writing in both Wiradjuri and English language, Money explores how places and bodies hold memories, and the ways our ancestors walk with us, speak through us and wait for us.' (Publication summary)

1 A Case Study on the Colony i "a case study of the colony – in lutruwita (tasmania) – twentytwenty (in the year of the coloniser). a property", Jazz Money , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May no. 101 2021;
1 They Rise i "it used to be all", Jazz Money , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 100 2021;
1 Bila, a River Cycle i "this is what became of the river", Jazz Money , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January–February no. 428 2021; (p. 26-27) Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 11 no. 2 2021-2022; (p. 57-60)
'this is what became of the river
who rose up
            and called them-self human'
 
1 Unprecedented Times / 2020 i "and as oil spreads across still water", Jazz Money , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 32 2020; (p. 100-101)
2020
1 The New Place i "now children, it’s time to begin the rotations", Jazz Money , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry in Lockdown 2020;
1 False Gods i "My palms promise love", Jazz Money , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 65 no. 1 2020; (p. 182-183)
1 Red Belly Black Snake i "the first time I knew", Jazz Money , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 9 no. 1 2019; (p. 76)
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