Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 'Lovely and Secret' : The Life of a Poet's Muse, Katie Anna Lush
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'This article focuses on the life of Katie Anna Lush (1887-1935), a figure who exists primarily in the historical narrative as the friend, lover and muse of the Australian poet Lesbia Harford. What began first as an exploration of the women's relationship, grew into a larger biography of Lush. A philosophy tutor for the University of Melbourne, an anti-conscriptionist and belonging to a circle of prominent Australian socialists of the 1910s and 1920s, Katie Lush provides valuable insight into unmarried white women's political and academic careers in the early twentieth century. As the subject of several romantic poems written by Lesbia Harford, this article will additionally consider the relationship's queer potential. This is the first extensive study of Katie Lush's life and draws upon former research regarding Lesbia Harford in addition to new detail accessed from the Lush family collection.' (Publication abstract)

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    y separately published work icon Lilith no. 27 January 2021 23919761 2021 periodical issue 'This new decade began in a baptism of fire with environmental catastrophes in Australia, the Brazilian Amazon and on the west coast of the United States. Political crises took a foothold in global news and became a clarion call for institutional and societal change, as they demonstrated the inherent and devastating nature of white supremacy, white privilege and the continual impact of colonisation. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused the loss of millions of lives worldwide, has exposed systemic problems that have previously been ignored or deliberately obscured. The past year and a half has irrevocably transformed how we experience life and how we understand our place in it. ' (Publication summary)
     
    2021
    pg. 149-172
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