Ellena Savage

'I mean who cares about opinions, gossip, whatever, when bodies are so vulnerable, in search only of love and breath.' The body frequently escapes her, but is always very much present in these compellingly vivid, clear-eyed essays on an embodied self in flight through the world, from the brilliant young writer Ellena Savage. In Portuguese police stations and Portland college campuses, in suburban Melbourne libraries and wintry Berlin apartments, Savage shows bodies in pain and in love, bodies at work and at rest. She circles back to scenes of crimes or near-crimes, to lovers or near-lovers, to turn over the stones, re-read the paperwork, check the deeds, approach from another angle altogether. These essays traverse cities and spaces, bodies and histories, moving through forms and modes to find a closer kind of truth. Blueberriesis ripe with acid, promise, and sweetness.

Essays Concerning Understanding

Blueberries

Yellow City

A stimulating combination of memoir, essay, poetry, confession and critique, Blueberries is a powerful and revealing collection from a rising star in Australian creative non-fiction.

Adam Nayman

Christine Smallwood

James Butler

Paul Cunningham

Mark Cousins

Peter Baxter

Justin Wolfers

Tod Wodicka

Gareth Evans

Aoko Matsuda

Dan Edwards

Esther Yi

Asa Yoneda

Andrew Chan

Jordan Cronk

Vadim Rizov

Oscar Schwartz

Tomas Hachard

Molly Lukin

Chiara Marchini

Aurelia Guo

Dom Amerena

Monika Kalinauskait¿

Fireflies Issue #3 explores the films of French director Claire Denis and Chinese director Jia Zhangke. The issue discusses, dismantles, reinterprets and creatively plays with their cinema, through responses from critics, filmmakers, novelists, poets and visual artists.

Jia Zhangke

Fireflies #3

Ellena Savage

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