Monica Dux Monica Dux i(A130248 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Lapsed Monica Dux , Sydney : ABC Books , 2021 21264451 2021 single work autobiography

'Losing your religion is harder than it looks ...

'From devout ten-year-old performing the part of Jesus in a primary school play to blaspheming, undergraduate atheist, Monica Dux and her attitude to the Catholic Church changed profoundly over a decade. Eventually, she calmed down and was just 'lapsed'. Then, on a family trip to Rome, her young daughter expressed a desire to be baptised. Monica found herself re-examining her own childhood and how Catholicism had shaped her. Was it really out of her system or was it in her blood for life?

'In Lapsed, Monica sets out to find the answer. Her investigations lead her to test a miracle cure in Lourdes and visit the grave of a headless Saint who claimed to be married to Christ (and wore a wedding ring made of his foreskin to prove it). She speaks to canon lawyers, abuse survivors and even a nun who insists that the Virgin Mary starts her car every morning.

'With wry humour and razor-sharp observations, Lapsed is the story of one woman's attempt to exorcise her religious upbringing, and to answer the question, is Catholicism like a blood group and, if so, is it possible to get a total transfusion?'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 My Silent Scream Monica Dux , 2019 single work prose
— Appears in: Choice Words : A Collection of Writing about Abortion 2019;
1 The Stories I'll Never Tell Monica Dux , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 2-3 April 2016;
1 Crossing the North-south Divide Monica Dux , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 23-24 January 2016; (p. 3)
1 Gone A-Nunning Monica Dux , 2015 single work prose
— Appears in: Best Australian Comedy Writing 2015; (p. 94-106)
1 Mothermorphosis Monica Dux , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: Mothermorphosis : Australia's Best Storytellers Write About Becoming a Mother 2015; (p. vii-xv)
1 4 y separately published work icon Mothermorphosis : Australia's Best Storytellers Write About Becoming a Mother Monica Dux (editor), Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2015 8355183 2015 anthology autobiography

'The mythology of motherhood is often reduced to cliche . But how do we articulate the complex internal conflicts, the exhilaration and the absurdity of this transformation? Mothermorphosis is a collection of essays on the experience as told by some of Australia's most talented writers and storytellers. In these stories we read about the yearning for a child, the private and public expressions of love, identity in the face of motherhood, gratitude, pride, celebration and loss. Ultimately we learn that there is no one version of this epic story, no one tale that could ever speak for all, and no one way of encapsulating the experience. However, in reading other women's experiences, the hard bits, the ridiculous bits, we can only become more compassionate, not just to other mothers but hopefully to ourselves. Mothermorphosis includes writing from: Kathy Lette, George McEncroe, Kate Holden, Jo Case, Jane Caro, Kerri Sackville, Lorelei Vashti, Dee Madigan, Catherine Deveny, Rebecca Huntley, Fatima Measham, Lee Kofman, Cordelia Fine, Hilary Harper and Hannah Robert.' (Publication summary)

1 Down There Monica Dux , 2015 single work prose
— Appears in: She's Having a Laugh 2015; (p. 71-82)
1 3 y separately published work icon Things I Didn't Expect (When I Was Expecting) Monica Dux , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2013 Z1927863 2013 single work autobiography 'Pregnancy is natural, healthy and fun, right? Sure it is, if you're lucky. For others, its an adventure in physical discomfort, unachievable ideals, kooky classes and meddling experts. When Monica Dux, a Melbourne writer and procreator, found herself pregnant with her first child, she was dismayed to find she belonged firmly in the second category. ' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Women Written Out of the Literary World Monica Dux , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 24 October 2012; (p. 13)
1 Temple of the Female Eunuch : Germaine Greer Forty Years On Monica Dux , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings , July no. 2 2010; (p. 8-17)
1 y separately published work icon Traffic Monica Dux (editor), Heather Merle Benbow (editor), Heather Merle Benbow (editor), Monica Dux (editor), Michelle Smith , Natasha Harris , 2002 Parkville : University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association , 2002 Z1660916 2002 periodical (11 issues) 'The journal aims to showcase the best of Melbourne University's postgraduate community research, and to provide a forum for graduate students to present their work in an engaging and interesting style to a broader audience beyond their departmental peers. Through publishing a diverse range of postgraduate research, Traffic seeks to facilitate a sense of cohesiveness in the postgraduate community and to counter its fragmentation.' Source: www.umpa.unimelb.edu.au/ (Sighted 06/01/2010).
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