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“vanessa berry”

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  • Ninety9

    by Vanessa Berry ...
    In the 1990s, when music was recorded on cassettes and movies on VHS, Vanessa Berry was reacting to the loneliness of life in the suburbs by constructing imaginary worlds and identities from video hits, late-night music programs, band t-shirts, mixtapes and zines, and the 'dark energy' of the Goths. A memoir in essay form, Ninety9 is about the loneliness of adolescence, the importance of ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Calendar

    by Vanessa Berry ...
    A collection of essays in the form of a daybook, written in real-time over a year. Calendar is about tuning in to the unexpected, playful and solemn lives of the objects around us.Calendar is an essay collection in the form of a daybook, written in real-time over a year. The book takes inspiration from writers who use experiments and constraints, such as Georges Perec/Oulipo and Bernadette Mayer, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Gentle and Fierce

    by Vanessa Berry ...
    New collection of essays on the relationships between humans and animals, by Vanessa Berry, author of Mirror Sydney**, and the memoir of adolescence** Ninety9**.**Gentle and Fierce focuses on the world of animals, and the way their presence has shaped the author's attitudes and her sense of self. Having spent her life in city environments, Vanessa Berry's experiences with animals have largely been ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • New and Experimental Approaches to Writing Lives

    by Hugh Craig, Donna Lee Brien, Michael Sala, Kate Douglas, Willa McDonald, Sonya Huber, David Walker, Vanessa Berry, Page Richards, Jessica Wilkinson, Amanda Norman, Emma Newport ...
    With recent advances in digital technology, a number of exciting and innovative approaches to writing lives have emerged, from graphic memoirs to blogs and other visual-verbal-virtual texts. This edited collection is a timely study of new approaches to writing lives, including literary docu-memoir, autobiographical cartography, social media life writing and autobiographical writing for children. ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

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    Gentle and Fierce

    Essays

    by Vanessa Berry ...
    Narrated by Vanessa Berry ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 38 min

    To be gentle is to resist the privileging of command above compassion. It is a quiet voice, a persistent whisper, calm and consoling. Ferocity is an armour, a forceful expression of resolve and protection. To be fierce is to know the intensity of the edges of feeling. It is the voice that calls out, intending to be heard.Gentle and Fierce focuses on the world that humans share with animals. Having ... Read more

    $20.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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