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1 This Blue Gemma Nisbet , 2021 single work prose
— Appears in: Meniscus , vol. 9 no. 2 2021; (p. 114-117)
1 The Point of the Thing Gemma Nisbet , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , December vol. 11 no. 2 2021; (p. 69-77)
1 Writing from Life and the Limits of Privacy in Gabrielle Carey’s Only Happiness Here Gemma Nisbet , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 66 no. 2 2021; (p. 57-71) 'In life writing studies. research relating to privacy tends to concentrate on the ethics of representing other people's lives. What is discussed less frequently are the ethics and the effects on life writers of representing their own Ines. There seems to be an assumption that because someone has chosen to write about their experiences, their private details are fair game: as Claire Lynch puts it, writing about one's own life is, of course, potentially exposing, but at least the revelations are self-inflicted' (13). Maureen Perkins observes that 'the autobiographical imperative implies that everything must be told. that secrets are the equivalent of a betrayal of the autobiographical pact, and that an author should hold nothing back' (271). This rhetoric—that if you're not revealing yourself fully, you may be doing your readers and writing a disservice—is often accompanied by the ostensibly admirable sentiment that life writers should strive for honesty regarding their mistakes and failings. However, it also tends towards oversimplifying what it might mean to write the truth' about one's life. Writir4 based on real experience will only ever be a partial representation of it and, as Blake Morrison suggests, confessional writers 'make conscious and considered choices about what to reveal' (206). For many life writers. these choices will be based, at least in part, on balancing self- revelation and autobiographical restraint.' (Introduction)
 
1 Fragments of Darkness and Light : Life Writing as ‘a Loving Act of Reclamation’ Gemma Nisbet , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , April vol. 25 no. 1 2021;
— Review of Darkfall Indigo Perry , 2020 single work autobiography
1 A Wall of Stuff : Object Itinerary as a Framework for Writing the Souvenir Gemma Nisbet , 2021 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue , April no. 61 2021;

'This article seeks to conceptualise the active quality of a souvenir collection in relation to processes of autobiographical memory.'  (Publication abstract)
1 The Life of Cats Gemma Nisbet , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Verandah , no. 33 2018; (p. 43-47)
1 Journal Gemma Nisbet , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 5 March 2013; (p. 6)
— Review of Island no. 131 Summer 2012 periodical issue
1 1 Griffith Review 41 : Now We Are Ten Gemma Nisbet , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 7 September 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Griffith Review no. 41 1 June 2013 periodical issue
1 Westerly 58:1 Gemma Nisbet , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 17 August 2013; (p. 21)
1 1 Griffith Review 40 : Women and Power Gemma Nisbet , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 June 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Griffith Review no. 40 April 2013 periodical issue
1 Walking Home Gemma Nisbet , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Knitting and Other Stories : Margaret River Short Story Competition 2013 2013; (p. 79-92)
1 Fiction Gemma Nisbet , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 5 March 2011; (p. 36)
— Review of The End of Longing Ian Reid , 2011 single work novel
1 The Rest Is History Gemma Nisbet , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 19 February 2011; (p. 37)
— Review of The End of Longing Ian Reid , 2011 single work novel
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