Girls and Buoyant

by Emily Crocker

Emily Crocker complicates home and family in her debut book, Girls and Buoyant. With sensitivity and wry observation, Crocker explores old suburbs and new loves at the intersections of intimate moments and where late capitalism pokes at our lives. Girls and Buoyant is a striking debut poetry collection as Crocker presents an unflinching examination of life outside the margins of the urbanised middle class.

Genres: Poetry

62 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2017

About the author

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Emily Crocker is a poet, educator, and organiser who now lives, learns, works, and writes in Naarm (Melbourne). Emily's work in all arenas is informed by a politics of queer togetherness and class criticism, developed through lived experience and invaluable community connections. Emily grew up on Dharawal land in outer south-western Sydney, and came of age in Wollongong's spoken word scene. Since then, she has created poetic and performance works with Shopfront Arts Coop and Campbelltown Arts Centre, and has been commissioned by Wollongong Writers Festival, Merrigong Theatre, and Red Room Poetry. Education is central to Emily's practice and she has facilitated workshops in countless schools, youth centres, community places, and libraries. Emily completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Wollongong and is currently working towards a Master of Teaching through the University of Melbourne. In The Drink is her second collection, following Girls and Buoyant (Subbed In, 2017).

Reviews

[R · Rating 5 out of 5]

emily is my favourite

[Madelaine Dickie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is funny, cool, and gorgeously lyrical. Can't wait for Emily's next collection!