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1 The Sea in Our Bodies : Writing In/With/From the Intertidal Zone Melissa Fagan , 2021 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue , 65 2021; 'Rachel Carson, in The Sea Around Us, wrote that we carry the sea in our bodies (1951). Our bodily engagements with the sea can engender a sense of oneness; literature about the sea, and about surfing, often reflects this. Yet, even when we are in the sea, we might struggle to see beyond ourselves: the sun gets in our eyes; our image is reflected on the surface of the water; in the case of surfers, we only have eyes for the next wave. As Kanaka Hawaiian scholar Karin Amimoto Ingersoll, herself a surfer, notes: ‘Despite our perceived identities as organic beings, surfers are neither innocent nor benign voyagers, and our experiences and our practices often escape our intentions and philosophies’ (2016, p. 4). Embracing a materially- immersed subjectivity that is both embodied and porous, which Stacy Alaimo calls trans-corporeality, my essay seeks to emulate the sea’s energy in content and form, riding a wave of embodied creative-critical writing-thinking. I will contemplate the interrelationships between surfing, writing and practice-led research and in doing so demonstrate how surfing has influenced both my writing and thinking, while exploring how trans-corporeality offers an ethical and methodological basis for writing in/with/from the intertidal zone.' (Publication abstract)
1 1 y separately published work icon What Will Be Worn What Will Be Worn : A McWhirters Story Melissa Fagan , Melbourne : Transit Lounge , 2018 16915350 2018 single work autobiography

'For all who know Brisbane, McWhirters, a once celebrated department store in Fortitude Valley, is an icon. For Melissa Fagan, it is also the starting point for this remarkable exploration of her mother and grandmother’s lives, and a poignant reminder of the ways in which retail stores and fashion have connected women’s lives across decades.

Behind the dusty shop counters of an Art Deco treasure, Fagan discovers both what has been lost and continues to shine. Ultimately this tender exploration of self and family, so exquisitely written,  speaks of the ways in which life so often surprises us and of how the legacies of others can truly enrich our own relationships and lives.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 A Spy in the Family Melissa Fagan , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Within/Without These Walls 2018; (p. 121-131)
1 Episodes in the Lives of Others Melissa Fagan , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Womens Book Review , vol. 25 no. 1 2013; (p. 26-28)
— Review of Boy, Lost : A Family Memoir Kristina Olsson , 2013 single work biography
1 The Day the World Stayed the Same Melissa Fagan , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 209 2012; (p. 48-53)
1 Gift Shop at the End of the Earth Melissa Fagan , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: [Untitled] , May no. 5 2012;
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