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Issue Details: First known date: 2024... 2024 How to Knit a Human : A Memoir
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'I want to know what it was like to have crossed into the realm of madness. After all, I did it. I went mad. Why can’t I have the secret knowledge that comes with it?

'How do you write a memoir when you have lost your memories? Anna Jacobson awakens in hospital, greeted by nurses and patients she doesn’t recognise, but who address her with familiarity. She decides to untangle the clues.

How to Knit a Human is about the splintering of memory from psychosis and Electroconvulsive therapy that Anna experienced as an involuntary patient in 2011. Through knitting and assemblage, weaving experiences around the gaps of memories that are not accessible, the memory barriers begin to crumble. This book is a reclamation of memory and self.'  (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: NewSouth Publishing , 2024 .
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      Extent: 240p.
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      • Published April 2024
      ISBN: 9781761170041

Works about this Work

Anna Jacobson How to Knit a Human Fiona Murphy , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 16-24 May 2024;

— Review of How to Knit a Human : A Memoir Anna Jacobson , 2024 single work autobiography

'How do you write a memoir when your memories have been taken? This question is the driving force in poet Anna Jacobson’s memoir, How to Knit a Human.' (Introduction)

How to Knit a Human by Anna Jacobson Review – a Remarkable Memoir of Psychosis Catriona Menzies-Pike , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 5 April 2024;

— Review of How to Knit a Human : A Memoir Anna Jacobson , 2024 single work autobiography

'After undergoing electroconvulsive treatment, the author powerfully documents how art helped her recover her memory, autonomy and sense of self' 

How to Knit a Human by Anna Jacobson Review – a Remarkable Memoir of Psychosis Catriona Menzies-Pike , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 5 April 2024;

— Review of How to Knit a Human : A Memoir Anna Jacobson , 2024 single work autobiography

'After undergoing electroconvulsive treatment, the author powerfully documents how art helped her recover her memory, autonomy and sense of self' 

Anna Jacobson How to Knit a Human Fiona Murphy , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 16-24 May 2024;

— Review of How to Knit a Human : A Memoir Anna Jacobson , 2024 single work autobiography

'How do you write a memoir when your memories have been taken? This question is the driving force in poet Anna Jacobson’s memoir, How to Knit a Human.' (Introduction)

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