Cirrus@Austlit

'This edition includes new work by: Michael Sala on the the dangerous ambiguity of using one’s feet; Charlotte Guest on feminist literary revisionism; Paul Magee on the immediacy of poetic thought; Rachel Hennessy, Alex Cothron and Amy Matthews on creating new climate stories; Sreedhevi Iyer, David Carlin and Alvin Pang on the digital writers’ residency; John Vigna, Rose Micheal and Penni Russon on teaching during Covid; Owen Bullock on tanka intrigue; Oscar Davis and Patrick West on writing and intuition; and Susan E. Thomas on preparing female tutors for gender bias in the writing classroom. We also include new poetry and prose on writing and the writing process and a range of new book reviews.'  (Publication summary)

'The Writing Mind: Creative Writing Responses to Images of the Living Brain includes 60 creatively enhanced, colour images of the living brain. Each image is followed by two short-form creative writing responses: prose and poetry written as ekphrastic 'replies' to the images. This book was conceived through a partnership between the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP), the peak academic body representing the discipline of Creative Writing in Australasia, and the Science Art Network (ScAN), affiliated with the neuroimaging department at Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia.

'The broader context for the partnership is a Creative Writing | Neuroimaging Research Study currently being undertaken at Swinburne University's neuroimaging facility. The study investigates the activity in participants' brains while undertaking a creative writing workshop. While The Writing Mind focuses on creative rather than traditional research outputs, it nevertheless reflects the shared commitment of AAWP and ScAN-an abiding fidelity to transdisciplinary, open and collaborative research practices. AAWP and ScAN share an interest in the intersections between diverse disciplines-arts/science and arts/health-while considering the ways we can work together for the future for our fields and for a better world.'  (Publication summary)