Jen Jewel Brown Jen Jewel Brown i(A83841 works by)
Also writes as: 'Dawn Fanny Malley'
Writing name for: Jenny Brown
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1 Patchworking Jen Jewel Brown , 2022 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: The First Australian Women’s Song Book 2022;
1 Birthing Song Jen Jewel Brown , 2022 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: The First Australian Women’s Song Book 2022;
1 1 y separately published work icon Michael : My Brother, Lost Boy of INXS Tina Hutchence , Jen Jewel Brown , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2018 14150942 2018 single work biography

The life and death of the legendary lead singer of INXS, as remembered by his sister He died at only 37 but his fans are legion. INXS singer/songwriter Michael Hutchence was the celebrated frontman of a band that was the biggest in the world. Michael's big sister, Tina, adored him from the start and remained Michael's trusted confidant until his sudden death.

'Tina's intimate and detailed telling of her brother's story—from faltering teenager with a lisp to raging rock star—blazes with love and adventure, and includes the acquired brain injury that changed everything for Michael; the risky schemes that saw him named in the Paradise Papers exposé of 2017; his secret philanthropy in support of East Timor; and his bliss at the birth of his only child, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily. A cry from the heart celebrating the 'lost boy of INXS', this personal and heartfelt biography reveals the incredible rollercoaster life of Australia's most enduring superstar and shares the private moments of an adored brother, son and father.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 3 y separately published work icon Aboriginal Country Lisa Bellear , Jen Jewel Brown (editor), Nedlands : UWA Publishing , 2018 13858059 2018 selected work poetry

'Much of Lisa Bellear’s poetry is politics made eloquent. In Aboriginal Country many poems seem to spark with frustrated energy over Australia’s political crossed circuits regarding a treaty with our First Nations peoples – as promised by Prime Minister Hawke in 1988. Reading the title poem for the first time I was struck by its power. We are on Aboriginal Country in Australia. With subtle barbs she wakes us as to how the ‘ownership’ (via naming ‘rights’) of Australian public lands and monuments lauds absent white English royalty and ‘intrepid god fearing discoverers’. Yet in her closing lines the poet transforms this potential for bitterness into a moment of hushed respect for country.

– Jen Jewel Brown, Editor

'I am one of many Australians who never met Lisa Bellear, yet was shocked by her unexpected and tragic passing. These poems are her gift! In this collection the poems resonate her warrior spirit, and the spirit of Aboriginal Country, as was her wish.

– Ali Cobby Eckermann, Nunga poet and writer

'Lisa Bellear became a close friend when I studied and taught at Melbourne University from the mid-1990s. During that time she became renowned not only as a poet but also as a community photographer recording numerous events and people in the local Aboriginal community. Her sudden departure was a great shock to all who knew her, but she lives on in our memories because her poems and photographs are the powerful legacy she left us.

– Professor Gary Edward Foley, Moondani Balluk Indigenous Academic Unit, Victoria University' (Publication summary)

1 Mellifluous-Voiced Gentleman Jim Charmed Nation Jen Jewel Brown , 2012 single work obituary (for Jimmy Little )
— Appears in: The Age , 10 April 2012; (p. 14)
1 Writer Committed to Life in the Top End Jen Jewel Brown , 2012 single work obituary (for Andrew McMillan )
— Appears in: The Age , 7 February 2012; (p. 16)
1 Host i "Host", Jen Jewel Brown , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , April vol. 35 no. 0 2011; Cordite Poetry Review , May vol. 35 no. 1 2011;
1 Mary Shelley's Man i "singed", Jen Jewel Brown , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2010 2010; (p. 21-22)
1 Flying into Perth i "the shadow of the plane", Jen Jewel Brown , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 20)
1 Mary Shelley’s Man i "singed", Jen Jewel Brown , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , April no. 32 2010;
1 Spill i "did I tell you when the night runs over your body", Jen Jewel Brown , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Bukker Tillibul , no. 4 2010;
1 y separately published work icon Great Southern Jen Jewel Brown , Sydney : Vagabond Press , 2010 6903758 2010 selected work poetry
1 Breath i "I come from the dead zone with clap trap jaw and clankin gait", Jen Jewel Brown , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 29 2008; The Best Australian Poems 2009 2009; (p. 22-23)
1 Untitled Jen Jewel Brown , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: BlueDog , vol. 6 no. 12 2007; (p. 50-52)

— Review of Folly and Grief Jennifer Harrison , 2006 selected work poetry
1 Sex Crimes in Suburbia Jen Jewel Brown , 2007 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 66 no. 3 2007; (p. 111-117)
Reflecting on a rape of forty years ago, Jen Jewel Brown welcomes recent legal and scientific advances in the assistance given to victims of sexual assault.
1 House i "welcome: we have built upon fill", Jen Jewel Brown , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Divan , no. 6 2006;
1 y separately published work icon Gutter vs Stars Jen Jewel Brown , Greensborough : Flat Chat Press , 2006 Z1357595 2006 selected work poetry
1 An Inspiring, Dynamic Warrior Woman Jen Jewel Brown , 2006 single work obituary (for Lisa Bellear )
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 July 2006; (p. 16)
1 Study of a Ruin, Spain i "first the roof goes", Jen Jewel Brown , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Stylus Poetry Journal , January no. 20 2006;
1 Suspected Vectors i "I'm going to keep this short", 'Dawn Fanny Malley' , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , November no. 23 2005;
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