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'Stella Prize-shortlisted author Kris Kneen examines their body through the lens of art and burlesque in this gorgeous, intimate story of fatness, beauty and self-knowledge.
'How does a person come to know that they are different from the children around them? To measure themselves against a set normal and find themselves lacking?
'When did I know that I was plump, and then fat?
'Fat child, self-denying adolescent, hungry young woman; a body now burgeoning uncontrolled into middle age. Kris Kneen has borne the usual indignities—the confrontations with clothes that won't fasten, with mirrors that defame, with strangers whose gaze judges and dismisses. This is the story of how Kris learned to look unblinkingly at their recalcitrant body, and ultimately found the courage to carry it to freedom.
'Fat Girl Dancing is a frank, beautiful and triumphant ode to self-respect from one of Australia's most original and acclaimed writers.' (Publication summary)
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Fat People Are Taught to Hate Themselves – but Kris Kneen’s Intimate Book Could Create Change
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 10 July 2023;
— Review of Fat Girl Dancing 2023 single work autobiography'When I was a child, the water was a place of freedom. I remember throwing my body around with abandon, revelling in the joy of handstand competitions and long games of mermaids or lifeguards with my sister and cousins.' (Publication summary)
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Memoir Author Kris Kneen on How to Write and Edit Your Story into a Compelling Book That Connects with Readers
2023
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2023; -
[Review] Fat Girl Dancing
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , June 2023; (p. 64)
— Review of Fat Girl Dancing 2023 single work autobiography 'EARLY IN FAT GIRL DANCING, author Kris Kneen offers a valuable insight into their creative process. “My motto,” they write, “has always been to run quickly and blindly towards the subjects that scare you. These will be the important subjects, the difficult discussions and the most revealing conversations.”'(Introduction)
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'Inside My Own Flesh' : The Everyday Horrors of Identity
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 454 2023; (p. 22)
— Review of Fat Girl Dancing 2023 single work autobiography'In previous memoirs, Brisbane-based writer Kris Kneen has examined their life through the lens of their sexuality (Affection, 2009) and their family history (The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen, 2021). In Fat Girl Dancing, Kneen’s lens is their body, specifically the body of a ‘short, fat, ageing woman’.' (Introduction)
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Fat Girl Dancing by Kris Kneen Review – The Intimacies and Indignities of Living in a Fat Body
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 5 May 2023;
— Review of Fat Girl Dancing 2023 single work autobiography
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‘Candid’, ‘Gripping’, ‘Compulsory Reading’ : the Best Australian Books Out in May
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 10 May 2023;
— Review of Everything and Nothing 2023 single work autobiography ; Obsession 2023 single work autobiography ; Anam 2023 single work novel ; She Is the Earth 2023 single work novella ; Search History 2023 single work novel ; Fat Girl Dancing 2023 single work autobiography ; The Albatross 2023 single work novel ; Home Before Night 2022 single work novel ; Reckless 2023 single work autobiography -
Fat Girl Dancing by Kris Kneen Review – The Intimacies and Indignities of Living in a Fat Body
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 5 May 2023;
— Review of Fat Girl Dancing 2023 single work autobiography -
'Inside My Own Flesh' : The Everyday Horrors of Identity
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 454 2023; (p. 22)
— Review of Fat Girl Dancing 2023 single work autobiography'In previous memoirs, Brisbane-based writer Kris Kneen has examined their life through the lens of their sexuality (Affection, 2009) and their family history (The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen, 2021). In Fat Girl Dancing, Kneen’s lens is their body, specifically the body of a ‘short, fat, ageing woman’.' (Introduction)
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[Review] Fat Girl Dancing
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , June 2023; (p. 64)
— Review of Fat Girl Dancing 2023 single work autobiography 'EARLY IN FAT GIRL DANCING, author Kris Kneen offers a valuable insight into their creative process. “My motto,” they write, “has always been to run quickly and blindly towards the subjects that scare you. These will be the important subjects, the difficult discussions and the most revealing conversations.”'(Introduction)
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Fat People Are Taught to Hate Themselves – but Kris Kneen’s Intimate Book Could Create Change
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 10 July 2023;
— Review of Fat Girl Dancing 2023 single work autobiography'When I was a child, the water was a place of freedom. I remember throwing my body around with abandon, revelling in the joy of handstand competitions and long games of mermaids or lifeguards with my sister and cousins.' (Publication summary)
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Memoir Author Kris Kneen on How to Write and Edit Your Story into a Compelling Book That Connects with Readers
2023
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2023;
