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Works about this Work
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A Sketch of Our Projects
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2021;
— Review of Mother & I 2021 single work autobiography'Child psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott wrote,
‘There is no such thing as a baby,’ meaning that if you set out to describe a baby, you will find you are describing a baby and someone. A baby cannot exist alone, but is essentially part of a relationship.
'In Mother & I, Ianto Ware frequently uses the title phrase as if the subjects are inseparable, even when another formulation might make for smoother prose, as if the three words, sufficiently repeated, might transform into a single pronoun acknowledging Ware and his mother, Dimity, as being at once entwined and distinct. Ware appears committed to this Winnicottian approach, providing a gentle redescription of motherhood as an evolving relation, a singular set of possibilities, rather than a reductive category. (Introduction)
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Come Writers and Critics
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29 May 2021; (p. 15)
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A Sketch of Our Projects
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2021;
— Review of Mother & I 2021 single work autobiography'Child psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott wrote,
‘There is no such thing as a baby,’ meaning that if you set out to describe a baby, you will find you are describing a baby and someone. A baby cannot exist alone, but is essentially part of a relationship.
'In Mother & I, Ianto Ware frequently uses the title phrase as if the subjects are inseparable, even when another formulation might make for smoother prose, as if the three words, sufficiently repeated, might transform into a single pronoun acknowledging Ware and his mother, Dimity, as being at once entwined and distinct. Ware appears committed to this Winnicottian approach, providing a gentle redescription of motherhood as an evolving relation, a singular set of possibilities, rather than a reductive category. (Introduction)
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Come Writers and Critics
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29 May 2021; (p. 15)
Awards
- 2022 highly commended National Biography Award
- Adelaide, South Australia,