{"product_id":"bush-mary-by-teena-mccarthy","title":"'Bush Mary' by Teena McCarthy","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"433\"\u003eTeena McCarthy’s \u003cem data-start=\"29\" data-end=\"40\"\u003eBush Mary\u003c\/em\u003e is a sharp, formally playful poetry collection that moves through colonial inheritance, Catholic imagery, whiteness, girlhood, violence, weather and the Australian myth.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"435\" data-end=\"929\"\u003eMcCarthy is a Barkindji poet, writer, artist and academic whose work often moves across poetry, visual form, performance and Indigenous Australian histories. This collection reads as both lyric and document: Mary as saint, mother, wound, country, colonial emblem, and unstable witness. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe poems have that nice small-press bite: visual, political, devotional and abrasive in the right places, with page layouts that feel less like decoration than pressure marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"435\" data-end=\"929\"\u003eVery much one for readers interested in contemporary Australian poetry, First Nations writing, experimental page work, and religious\/colonial symbolism being put through the shredder without losing its force.\u003cstrong data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"940\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1197\" data-end=\"1507\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, Cordite Publishing Inc., 2021. First edition, with full number line. Good second-hand condition with light shelf wear and minor handling marks to cover\/pages. Published in an edition-style small press format with design by Zoë Sadokierski and text design by Kent MacCarter.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44777041854547,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-29T135325.803.png?v=1780026880","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/bush-mary-by-teena-mccarthy","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}