Carmel MacDonald-Grahame Carmel MacDonald-Grahame i(A33083 works by)
Born: Established: 1950 Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Home Stretch Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2022 prose
— Appears in: Grieve : Stories and Poems about Grief and Loss Volume 10 2022; (p. 110)
1 Lasting Impressions Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2022 prose
— Appears in: Grieve : Stories and Poems about Grief and Loss Volume 10 2022; (p. 72)
1 y separately published work icon Angles Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , Karen Throssell , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2022 25498217 2022 selected work poetry '‘With freedom of movement and association seriously curtailed during lockdown, Carmel Macdonald Grahame and Karen Throssell found instead an opportunity for liberty of mind – to recollect, richly embroider, and feel into other lives and vistas. This book showcases the agile creativity – dress-up boxes of the imagination – of these two eloquent poets, whose complementary voices are combined here with vibrant synergy. –’Anne M Carson' 

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1 Light Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Grieve : Stories and Poems about Grief and Loss: Volume Seven 2019;
1 After Words Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Grieve : Stories and Poems about Grief and Loss: Volume Seven 2019;
1 Texture and Complexity : Carmel Macdonald Grahame Launches ‘Suburban Whistlestop’ Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , 25 October – December 2018;

'Some words are not easily used by poets. For example, writers have had to argue for a long time on behalf of the word Domestic. Domestic references and themes like family life, a focus on children, households, household labour, gardens, food, a daily walk…have been belittled in the past and seen as unworthy of poetry, even somehow inherently unpoetic. There is a general understanding about the grand tradition, that great public themes like war, the glories of history, or great abstractions like Love and Death have had the upper hand, so to speak.' (Introduction)

1 Ironic, Lighthearted, Funny : Carmel Macdonald Grahame Launches ‘Motherhood Statement’ by Karen Throssell Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , April - June no. 14 2015;

— Review of Motherhood Statement Karen Throssell , 2015 selected work poetry
1 2 y separately published work icon Personal Effects Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2014 7038846 2014 single work novel

'Lilith and Ross have always been moving; from Cervantes on the Turquoise Coast, to Calgary in Canada, and places in between. Now, in middle-age, the work at home has dried up and they’re back in Calgary, where many years before they suffered a miscarriage and where decades later they have returned for yet another new start.

'While Ross works away on the oil rig for weeks on end, Lilith unpacks their apartment and is confronted with the need to balance being alone with true loneliness. Her mind wanders, back to the windy plains and white sand beaches of the Turquoise Coast, to her strained and damaged relationships with her parents and brother, to the love between her and Ross and the ache of missing her daughters. She is reminded of the compromises she has made for this life of uncertainty. Of the achievements and disillusionments of her many selves — wife, mother, friend, lover, sister, daughter, artist, expat.

'Brimming with dualities, Personal Effects deals with the ambiguity of life, and the decisions we make in the hope that they will change our lives for the better.'' (Publisher's blurb)

1 Coming Down to Earth i "In this layer of our domestic palimpsest", Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Fire : A Collection of Stories, Poems and Visual Images 2013; (p. 73-76)
1 Wishful Thinking i "You grew up learning not to say", Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Now You Shall Know : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2013 2013; (p. 118-121)
1 Oedo Chapel, Korea— i "Quiet embodied by incense", Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 58 no. 2 2013; (p. 43-44)
1 Clutching at Petals i "Radio talk in the background instructs me", Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 58 no. 2 2013; (p. 41-42)
1 On Behalf of Nature Poetry i "Silence incarnate, a snowstorm", Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 58 no. 2 2013; (p. 39-40)
1 Back Ground i "Near the coast among the Tuart, the white house", Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 55 no. 4 2011; (p. 94-95)
1 At Eyre i "Along the endless beach, wind", Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 52 no. 2007; (p. 46-47)
1 Dorothy Hewett's Faith in Doubt Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 20 no. 1 2001; (p. 49-61)
Uses feminist theories and concepts of the feminine sublime to investigate Dorothy Hewett's writing (particularly her poetry) and her development as a writer, concentrating on the attitudes expressed in her declarations of doubt about self and writing.
1 Acts of Noticing : A Consideration of Some Recent Australian Fiction Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 45 no. 2000; (p. 23-36)

— Review of The Red Heart Rosie Scott , 1999 selected work essay autobiography ; Untold Tales David Malouf , 1999 selected work short story ; Dream Stuff David Malouf , 2000 selected work short story ; Blue : A Novel Ken Spillman , 1999 single work novel ; Freedom Highway Nigel Krauth , 1999 single work novel ; The Chelsea Manifesto : A Novel Bruce L. Russell , 1999 single work novel ; Painted Words 1999 anthology short story poetry ; Liv : A Novel Morgan Yasbincek , 2000 single work novel ; Hidden from View Richard Harland , 1999 single work novel ; Benang : From the Heart Kim Scott , 1999 single work novel ; Drylands : A Book for the World's Last Reader Thea Astley , 1999 single work novel ; An Accommodating Spouse Elizabeth Jolley , 1999 single work novel ; Neap Tide Dorothy Hewett , 1999 single work novel ; Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop Amy Witting , 1999 single work novel ; Poe's Cat Brenda Walker , 1999 single work novel ; Playing Madame Mao Lau Siew Mei , 2000 single work novel ; The Hunter Julia Leigh , 1999 single work novel ; The Australian Fiance Simone Lazaroo , 2000 single work novel
1 Vintage Witting Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 10 no. 1998; (p. 38)

— Review of Maria's War Amy Witting , 1998 single work novel
1 Inside Out Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 1998 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , Autumn vol. 58 no. 1 1998; (p. 41-48)
1 Painterly i "This is the rich boredom breaking away at the edge of expanded ochre;", Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 1997 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 42 no. 4 1997; (p. 82)
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