Elena Gomez Elena Gomez i(A141056 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 Plissken in the City Elena Gomez , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Dombóvár : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2024 2024;
1 Elena Gomez Reviews Broede Carmody and Holly Isemonger Elena Gomez , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 111 2024;

— Review of Shouldering Pine Broede Carmody , 2023 selected work poetry ; Greatest Hit Holly Isemonger , 2023 selected work poetry
1 Secret Poems Elena Gomez , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Open Secrets : Essays on the Writing Life 2022;
1 The City, an Intersection i "Here we fell among it, the cursed lawn", Elena Gomez , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 December no. 107 2022;
1 KSP’s Bolshevik Gown Elena Gomez , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , October 2022;

— Review of The Red Witch : A Biography of Katharine Susannah Prichard Nathan Hobby , 2022 single work biography

'In 1922, when Katharine Susannah Prichard’s son, Ric, was born, she had him placed in what she called his Bolshevik gown, ‘the little gown I had embroidered with wheat ears and a hammer and sickle.’ It’s a cute story, but also a prescient gesture towards Prichard’s decades-long, unwavering loyalty to Stalin and the Soviet Union. Prichard’s writing, Nathan Hobby’s biography reveals, was matched in intensity by her political activities. With these two pillars of interests set alongside each other in detailed accounts of her literary habits (in her early career she was a frequent submitter to writing prizes), and later her political organising (setting up CPA branches, travelling the country to give rousing speeches about the fight for communism in Australia), we see the broader picture emerge of a woman who was intensely engaged with her world, and with a seemingly unstoppable energy to pour back into it. Her prolific writing practice only seemed to be interrupted when her party duties took over. Even towards the end of her life, she reignited a writing habit: two hours per day. Prichard remained active in her political party until late into life and, even towards the end, living as an elderly eccentric, she managed to hold court, frequently hosting friends and visitors. There is a felt sense, in this biography, of her boundless energy.' (Introduction)

1 Soft and Against or Without Elena Gomez , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Rabbit (Architecture) , no. 35 2022; (p. 117-122)
1 Zoe’s Catalytic Converter i "Look there's a question going around the", Elena Gomez , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 79 no. 3 2022; (p. 121)
1 Venus Blood i "It's a boat and we're strapped", Elena Gomez , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Borderless : A Transnational Anthology of Feminist Poetry 2021; (p. 44)
1 In Abbotsford 4pm i "I'm a dip in The Suburb, I go straight down", Elena Gomez , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Best of Australian Poems 2021 2021; (p. 111)
1 Gunny Sack Rebellion i "I’ll fit you in my little gunny sack here,", Elena Gomez , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 11 no. 2 2021-2022; (p. 23) Best of Australian Poems 2022 2022; (p. 70)
1 Extract, Pages 28–29 i "I’m in that poem where you say we are No Lambs. Not", Elena Gomez , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 10 no. 2 2021; (p. 102-103)
1 Birkin Basket i "A cavern of ‘molluscs,", Elena Gomez , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Suburban Review , December no. 20 2020;
1 Natural Sack i "collared, a patch of it", Elena Gomez , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Suburban Review , December no. 20 2020;
1 Recruits i "You can’t go wrong. Right next to the", Elena Gomez , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Suburban Review , December no. 20 2020;
1 Wilder Elena Gomez , 2020 sequence poetry
— Appears in: The Suburban Review , December no. 20 2020;
1 Editing Books : An Act of Individual Solidarity Elena Gomez , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2020;
1 Looms Elena Gomez , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 240 2020; (p. 61)
1 4 y separately published work icon Admit the Joyous Passion of Revolt Elena Gomez , Waratah : Puncher and Wattmann , 2020 20877209 2020 selected work poetry

'How much time and energy does it take to fall in love? Or rinse mottled wings? Does Alexandra Kollontai represent a spectre of utopian promises, or merely a blank space for fantasies of desire and revolution?  This series of poems takes us through nineties socialist science fiction, family abolition, mulberry lipstick, shirts, cardigans, maxi dresses, hyenas, quitting work and spells cast with yeast extract. It is poetry for girls, poetry for communism; it’s poetry for history and for the impossible future. ' (Publication summary)

1 Death and All His Friends i "At the end of the 7th Fast and Furious film,", Elena Gomez , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 10 no. 1 2020; (p. 106-107)
1 Aravind Adiga : Amnesty Elena Gomez , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21-27 March 2020;

— Review of Amnesty Aravind Adiga , 2020 novel

'Dhananjaya Rajaratnam has lived in Sydney for four years. He goes by the name Danny, has blond-tipped hair and has long abandoned the course that once qualified him for a student visa. Now he cleans houses for inner-city professionals and lives in the storeroom of a convenience store. Danny is invisible to most Australians around him, but lives in constant fear of being deported. This fear is mixed with Danny’s quirky reflections on English idioms and the physical traits and mannerisms of the locals he wants to blend in with.' (Introduction)

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