Harriet McInerney Harriet McInerney i(8514766 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 Three Dots, Pending Text i "Three dots, pending text. My weather is all out of alignment. The housing bubble is loosing sleep, rapidly, and", Harriet McInerney , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tell Me Like You Mean It 3 2019;
1 Nature Strip Tease i "The circadian rhythm of the footpath", Harriet McInerney , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 237 2019; (p. 60)
1 Plate Boundaries i "I went foraging for a full plate in the forest.", Harriet McInerney , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 87 2018;
1 Breadwinner i "I’m sorry, I can’t today. I have to focus on wearing my new pants. I’ll be busy", Harriet McInerney , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 84 2018;
1 Apprehending Landscapes : The Uncanny and Gerald Murnane's The Plains Harriet McInerney , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 31 no. 1 2017; (p. 133-144)

'[...]the uncanny is from its beginning linked to a confusion between the recognizable and unrecognizable, as well the narrator's confusion over the true state of the world. If an attempt to "see properly" is signaled in the beginning and end, then the contents of the novel drives the filmmaker from searching the landscape for a "meaning behind appearances" to the final scene, where the filmmaker offers this image: "my finger poised as if to expose the film in its dark chamber that was the only visible sign of what I saw beyond myself' (Plains 174). Murnane's return to publishing fiction began with Barley Patch (2009), in which the unnamed narrator says that it would suit his purpose to report learning while young that "a work of fiction is not necessarily enclosed within the mind of its author but extends on its farther sides into little-known territory" (71). Gelder and Jacobs use the idea of the uncanny as a means to explore a history of disquiet happenings in postcolonial society, and a feeling of disquiet does seem to exist in The Plains, in its examinations of exploration and changing landscapes.'  (Publication abstract)

1 Plenish i "On the top of the mountain the cacti stopped for a rest. Exhausted. From there", Harriet McInerney , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , October no. 51.1 2015;
1 The Buzzing Harriet McInerney , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Strange Objects Covered with Fur : 2015 UTS Writers Anthology 2015; (p. 23-27)
1 Odessa Harriet McInerney , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , April no. 17 2015;
1 Be(wilder) Harriet McInerney , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Seizure [Online] , December 2014;
1 Body Language Harriet McInerney , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Spring no. 98 2014; (p. 23-29)
'Evening is eating the sky. Twilight hovers in the trees, lingers around rooftops, and slowly tumbles down onto the couple on the sidewalk. It's a narrow street. She is walking in front with her head turned to the side, listening, and he is walking behind with his head facing forwards, speaking. Rain puddles from earlier in the day are shimmering on the porch when they arrive at her house. They are not uncomfortable together, but they still inhabit space carefully, with more precision than is needed...' 

 (Publication abstract)

1 Summer Harriet McInerney , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Perspectives : The Sydney University Student Anthology 2013 2013; (p. 127-128)
1 When the Words Sparked Harriet McInerney , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Perspectives : The Sydney University Student Anthology 2013 2013; (p. 116-118)
1 When the Words Grew Harriet McInerney , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Perspectives : The Sydney University Student Anthology 2013 2013; (p. 112-115)
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