“The names Gentileschi, Nelli, Hoch, Schendel, Hanworth and Frankenthaler remain unfamiliar to most — and googling ‘women artists in history’ presents results almost entirely about ‘the one’s history forgot’.”
Month: June 2018
Of Bookshelves and Barometers
“Victor Mott is perchance the worst salesman to ever exist. And yet, he’s perfect.”
Imagining
“it’s not about my physical pain /
it’s the pain of their disbelief.”
A Letter to My Distraught Self
“Ideally, I would’ve indulged in careful thought before letting words flow onto this screen, but maybe, for once, I wanted this to be as spontaneous, reckless, with no ends or meanings attached, as you always wanted life to be …”
When You Become Madame Butterfly: My Experience With Trauma and Music
“Every couple since the birth of recorded music probably has an album about their relationship, don’t you think? A unique and personally reflective collection that gives us a snapshot into the scene’s players, and even the relationship’s progression.”
I Still Wanted To Love You Until The End
“In the darkness, I still lie on my side of the bed. By doing that, you’re still here, sleeping next to me.”
Coming Out In A Relationship
“Is it cheating to realise, while dating a man, that you are also interested in women?”
Hitch
This is an extract from the beginning of Kathryn’s debut novel Hitch, which will be published by Penguin Random House Australia in 2019.
Discovering Pretentiousness
“There has never been a more irritated description hurled at me than one denoting pretentiousness.”
No Home Runs This Afternoon
“we laugh in our rummage sale kitchen / flat soda water mixed with room temperature despair / are we lost?”