{"product_id":"9780648062165","title":"Open Secrets","description":"Author: Catriona Menzies-Pike\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780648062165\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lives of writers are a topic of perennial fascination to readers  and indeed to other writers. And yet the writer at work is often a mythologised figure, distant from the cares of the day. In \u003ci\u003eOpen Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e, Australian writers reflect upon the material conditions that give rise to their writing practice. What is it that writers do with their days? These essays document writing lives defined as much by procrastination, distraction and economic precarity as by desire and imagination, by aesthetic and intellectual commitments. Labour is at the heart of this collection: creative labour, yes, but also the day jobs, side gigs, and care work that make space for writing. Bringing together an eclectic and distinctive set of writers, \u003ci\u003eOpen Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich and provocative account of contemporary Australian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe writers included in the collection are Sunil Badami, Vanessa Berry, Miro Bilbrough, Luke Carman, Lauren Carroll Harris, Maddee Clark, Justin Clemens, Lisa Fuller, Elena Gomez, Eda Gunaydin, Tom Lee, James Ley, Fiona Kelly McGregor, Oliver Mol, Suneeta Peres da Costa, Ellena Savage, McKenzie Wark, Laura Elizabeth Woollett and Fiona Wright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOpen Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e is edited by Catriona Menzies-Pike, editor of the \u003ci\u003eSydney Review of Book.\u003c\/i\u003e It follows the collections \u003ci\u003eSecond City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Australian Face\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the \u003ci\u003eSydney Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46798822539422,"sku":"ADS-9780648062165","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780648062165.jpg?v=1778120201","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780648062165","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}