Joanne Burns

Joanne Burns (born 5 December 1945 ) is a contemporary Australian poet and prose writer, with a strong emphasis on performance in her work.

Biography

Joanne Burns grew up and lives in Sydney. She studied at the University of Sydney and has taught English and creative writing at secondary and tertiary levels in Australia and England. Her work hovers between poetry and prose, and often incorporates 'found writing' from newspapers and other everyday sources. In the 1980s she participated in the experimental writing group Sydney Women Writers' Workshop. She has published ten collections of poetry, with Footnotes of a hammock sharing the 2005 Judith Wright Award for a collection of poetry.

Bibliography

Poetry

• Burns, Joanne (1972). Snatch. London: Strange Faeces. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help)
• Burns, Joanne (1973). Ratz. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Burns, Joanne (1976). Adrenalin flicknife. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Burns, Joanne (1976). Alphabatics. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Burns, Joanne (1977). Poems for a split second : No. 1. Lean Sisters. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Burns, Joanne (1988). Blowing bubbles in the 7th lane. Sydney: Fab. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Burns, Joanne (1992). On a clear day. ETT Imprint. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Burns, Joanne (1996). Penelope's knees. UQP. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Burns, Joanne (1999). Aerial photography. Five Islands. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Burns, Joanne (2001). People like that: and other poems. Picara Press. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Burns, Joanne (2004). Footnotes of a Hammock. Five Islands Press. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Burns, Joanne (2007). An Illustrated History of Diaries. Giramondo. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Burns, Joanne (2011). Amphora. Giramondo Publishing. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Burns, Joanne (2014). Brush. Giramondo. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

Critical studies and reviews

• Lucas, Rose (September 2011). "Scatter". Australian Book Review (334): 65. Review of Amphora.
• review of 'Footnotes of a Hammock', by Gig Ryan, The Age, 16 October 2004 *[1]
• Pushing Boundaries: Mark Roberts reviews amphora by joanne burns, Rochford Street Review, March 2013 *[2]
• Surreal Inventiveness: Peter Kirkpatrick launches ‘brush’ by joanne burns, Rochford Street Review, November 2014 *[3]

External links

• Joanne Burns Content Page Poems & essays at Australian Literature Resources
• Market Forces Poem at Tinfish Magazine
• Johnny Come Lately Poem with German translation
• nightmarketing Poem at Haiku Review
• rules for poems (involuntary collaborations) at magicdog.com

References

• Adelaide, Debra (1988) Australian women writers: a bibliographic guide, London, Pandora