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Anna Gibbs Anna Gibbs i(A6715 works by)
Born: Established: 1956 ;
Gender: Female
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1 Introduction : From There to Here and Then to Now : A Very Rough Guide Anna Gibbs , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , 17 April no. 17 2013; 'The project represented by this collection of work was conceived in 2009, by Moya Costello who pushed the other editors to act on our previous discussions, as a 'landmark anthology' of Australian women's experimental writing in the vein of the maps made by collections of the 1970s and 1980s: Mother, I'm rooted (edited by Kate Jennings, 1975) which was the first collection of poetry by Australian women, and F(r)ictions (edited by Anna Gibbs and Alison Tilson, 1982)1 . To our dismay, the current state of print publishing in Australia made such an enterprise impossible, as our proposal was rejected everywhere we sent it, mostly it seems because such collections have gone out of favour, at least with publishers. In the face of these refusals, we decided to opt for a journal publication, and this journal, TEXT, the journal of the Association of Australasian Writing Programs, was an obvious choice, since it has a wide - and growing - readership both in (and outside) universities, and, when it comes to experimental writing, teachers are always seeking examples for use in class. Publishing in a journal, however, meant we had to cull all the work which had been previously published, and this means that many writers whose work would otherwise have been part of this collection are not represented here, including some of the major figures in Australian experimental writing (Alexis Wright and Marion May Campbell, to name just two). This collection also has a strong bias towards work from Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne, mostly by virtue of the locations and histories of its editors, but also because we had almost no response to our call from elsewhere in Australia. Nor is there the avowedly Aboriginal work we had hoped for: again, our own connections were perhaps one limitation, but it is also likely that these writers have other priorities than experimentation (sovereignty and justice, for example) or anthology projects such as this one. The work included here is not blind refereed, but every piece was read and discussed by all four editors, and editorial work of one sort or another was performed on most of the contributions.' (Author's introduction)
1 2 y separately published work icon TEXT Special Issue Website Series Mud Map : Australian Women's Experimental Writing no. 17 17 April Rosslyn Winifred Prosser (editor), Anna Gibbs (editor), Barbara Brooks (editor), Moya Costello (editor), 2013 Z1936910 2013 periodical issue
1 Culpable Blindness Anna Gibbs , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: Jacket , October no. 33 2007;
1 3 Fictocriticism, Affect, Mimesis: Engendering Differences Anna Gibbs , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , April vol. 9 no. 1 2005; The author discusses fictocriticism, suggesting that it is a 'haunted writing' (a term originally taken from Avital Ronell's Dictations: On Haunted Writing ( Indiana University Press, 1986)).
1 The Hard Word : An Orgy of Cliches Anna Gibbs , 2001 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 61 no. 2 2001; (p. 164)
1 Afterword Anna Gibbs , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Space Between : Australian Women Writing Fictocriticism 1998; (p. 45-52)
1 1 The Gift Anna Gibbs , 1998 single work short story
— Appears in: The Space Between : Australian Women Writing Fictocriticism 1998; (p. 33-44)
1 1 Bodies of Words: Feminism and Fictocriticism - Explanation and Demonstration Anna Gibbs , 1997 single work essay
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 1 no. 2 1997;
1 Terminal Anna Gibbs , 1992 single work prose
— Appears in: Second Degree Tampering : Writing by Women 1992; (p. 156-165)
1 How Do You Teach Writing? Four Leading Teachers Reply Anna Gibbs (editor), Glenda Adams (editor), Elizabeth Jolley (editor), Ron Pretty (editor), 1991 anthology criticism
— Appears in: Editions , March-April no. 10 1991; (p. 20)
1 Inventing Murder : Brenda Walker's Debut Novel Anna Gibbs , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Editions , June-July no. 11 1991; (p. 31)
— Review of Crush Brenda Walker , 1991 single work novel
1 4 y separately published work icon No Substitute : Prose, Poems, Images Terri-Ann White (editor), Anna Gibbs (editor), Wendy Jenkins (editor), Noel King (editor), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1990 Z556538 1990 anthology poetry short story prose
1 Don't Call Me Anna Gibbs , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: No Substitute : Prose, Poems, Images 1990; (p. 106) Refractory Girl , January no. 34 1990; (p. 13)
1 Swan Song Anna Gibbs , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: No Substitute : Prose, Poems, Images 1990; (p. 99-102) Acupuncture for Turtles : A Selection of Award-Winning Stories from the Katherine [sic] Susannah Prichard Short Fiction Competition 1988-2002 2005; (p. 69-72)
1 These are Notes: Ania Walwicz's Writing Anna Gibbs , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , December-January 1989-1990; (p. 9-10)
— Review of Travel / Writing Philip Hammial , Ania Walwicz , 1989 selected work poetry
1 Carnal Knowledge Anna Gibbs , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , March vol. 34 no. 1 1989; (p. 9-13)
1 These are Notes Anna Gibbs , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , December-January 1989-1990; (p. 9-10)
— Review of Boat Ania Walwicz , 1989 selected work poetry
1 In Transit i "This is a missed connection. I have not received a message you", Anna Gibbs , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Telling Ways : Australian Women's Experimental Writing 1988; (p. 54-55)
1 Traffic i "The traffic is heavy today and the going's uphill. This is the", Anna Gibbs , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Telling Ways : Australian Women's Experimental Writing 1988; (p. 53) Wordhord : A Critical Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1989; (p. 236)
1 Going Somewhere i "The show's on the road this morning.", Anna Gibbs , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Telling Ways : Australian Women's Experimental Writing 1988; (p. 52) Wordhord : A Critical Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1989; (p. 235)
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