Alison Whittaker’s debut collection, Lemons in the Chicken Wire, is a refreshingly authentic and accessible new addition to the Australian poetry landscape. The collection is grounded in simplicity yet explores complex issues such as sexuality, racism and family negligence. Whittaker, who received the State Library of Queensland’s blackwrite! At times sensual, always potent, Lemons in the Chicken Wire delivers a collage of work that reflects rural identity through a rich medley of techniques and forms. It is an audacious, lyrical and linguistically lemon flavoured poetry debut that stimulates the reader both visually and aurally, and possesses a rare edginess that seeks to challenge our imagination beyond the ordinary.4/5. Alison Whittaker’s debut collection, Lemons in the Chicken Wire, is a refreshingly authentic and accessible new addition to the Australian poetry landscape. The collection is grounded in simplicity yet explores complex issues such as sexuality, racism and family negligence. Whittaker, who received the State Library of Queensland’s blackwrite!
Alison Whittaker is a Gomeroi multitasker from the floodplains of Gunnedah in NSW. Her debut poetry collection, Lemons in the Chicken Wire, was awarded the State Library of Queensland's blackwrite! Indigenous Writing Fellowship in , and was published by Magabala Books in Alison was co-winner of the Overland Judith Wright Poetry. Alison Whittaker is a Gomeroi woman from Gunnedah and Tamworth in north-western New South Wales. Her debut poetry collection, Lemons in the Chicken Wire, has just been released through Magabala Books. Alison spoke to us about the joys of lingering, owning the label of 'self-righteously aggro', and the 'earth-shattering' opportunities made available to her through the blackwrite. Alison Whittaker demonstrates that borders, whether physical or imagined, are no match for our capacity for love. 'Lemons in the Chicken Wire' is Alison Whittaker's debut poetry collection, available from Magabala Books. Alison is a Gomeroi poet, life writer and essayist from Gunnedah and Tamorth, north-western New South Wales.
Hello, Sign in. Account Lists Returns Orders. Cart. It is an audacious, lyrical and linguistically lemon flavoured poetry debut that possesses a rare edginess and seeks to challenge our imagination beyond the ordinary. Alison Whittaker demonstrates that borders, whether physical or imagined, are no match for our capacity for love. Quantity. $ At times sensual, always potent, Lemons in the Chicken Wire delivers a collage of work that reflects rural identity through a rich medley of techniques and forms. It is an audacious, lyrical and linguistically lemon flavoured poetry debut that stimulates the reader both visually and aurally, and possesses a rare edginess that seeks to challenge our imagination beyond the ordinary.
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