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Katerina Gibson Katerina Gibson i(14355841 works by)
Born: Established: 1994 ;
Gender: Female
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1 The Rise and Decline of the Shopping Mall Katerina Gibson , 2023 single work short story
— Appears in: Griffith Review , 1 August no. 81 2023;
1 Shopping Katerina Gibson , 2023 single work short story
— Appears in: Heat (Series 3) , April no. 8 2023; (p. 73-95)
1 A Tight Schedule Katerina Gibson , 2022 single work short story
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging Online 2022;
1 As the Nation Still Mourns Katerina Gibson , 2022 extract short story
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , July 2022;
1 5 y separately published work icon Women I Know Katerina Gibson , Cammeray : Simon and Schuster Australia , 2022 24433693 2022 selected work short story

'Unpicking the stitches of gender and genre, the stories in this searing, funny, haunting debut explore how our ideas of womanhood shape us, and what they cost us.

'‘My God darling – the women I know.’

'A young woman tries to cheat her algorithm, creating a wholesome online persona while her ‘real’ life dissipates. A grandmother speaks to her granddaughter through the fog of generations. Two lovers divide over alternative meat options. A factory worker fits eyes in companion dolls until she is called on to install her own.

'The women I know are sharp, absurd, sly, wrong, wry, repressed, hungry, horny, bold, envious, dominating, uncertain, overdetermined, underpaid, bored, smart, crystalizing, themselves.

'A burning talent with growing international recognition, Katerina Gibson’s work has appeared in Granta, Kill Your Darlings, Overland and elsewhere. She is the Pacific regional winner of the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and recipient of the Felix Meyer Scholarship.' (Publication summary)
1 Preparation Katerina Gibson , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging Online 2021;
1 Red Belly, Pink Skin, No Belly, Chicken Shit Katerina Gibson , 2019 single work prose
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , June no. 42 2019; (p. 109-111) 'A woman is telling me shes basically my grandmother. She tells me this while we sit opposite each other in her backyard, over the scraps of an almost-finished Christmas lunch. Although it's not Christmas; it's Boxing Day. From her pocket she removes a fifty-pack of Peter Jacksons, and taps the bottom of the box so a single cigarette slides out. In the box I can see one cigarette turned upward, a bloom of tobacco in a sea of butts. A lucky cigarette, a friend told me once, although that friend has long-since moved onto the more economically viable pouch. The woman - Finnie is her name, I have no idea what it's short for - lights her cigarette, picks at the carcass of a Coles rotisserie chicken. I think about how much more depressed I am since I got Netflix. She tells me she feels as if she is my grandmother; I can call her anytime, with any problem.'  (Publication abstract)
1 Constellation in the Left Eye Katerina Gibson , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 234.5 2019;
1 How to Disappear into Yourself (in 8 Steps) Katerina Gibson , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 232 2018;

'You are: stiff lines, hard colours, corporate setting. Pleats ironed, turtle neck immaculate, hair pulled back. You are: an intern, savvy, eyes-bright, tail-bushed.' (Introduction)
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