{"product_id":"melinda-bufton-moxie","title":"Melinda Bufton, Moxie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2019 Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoxie\u003c\/em\u003e traverses the office landscape of our collective psyche, restlessly moving between the interior monologue of daily ruminations and epic-like career narratives lying in wait. The hustle gives way to survival, cresting back into gritty victories via the feminist acquisition of corporate language. Open-plan everything, filing cabinets bursting; the promise of the ladder, beckoning you in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is the business! Smart-mouthed, pussy-bowed, funny\/not-funny. Pitch perfect ‘filthy snippets’ of office lore and career advice.\u003c\/em\u003e Kate Lilley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neuzeit Office', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMelinda Bufton is a Melbourne poet. Her work has appeared in many publications including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neuzeit Office', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eCordite, Southerly, Axon \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neuzeit Office', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neuzeit Office', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e Rabbit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neuzeit Office', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e and was anthologized in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neuzeit Office', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eContemporary Australian Feminist Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neuzeit Office', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e (Hunter Publishers, 2016) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neuzeit Office', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eContemporary Australian Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neuzeit Office', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e (Puncher \u0026amp; Wattman, 2016). She holds a PhD from RMIT University, where she researched feminist poetics through creative practice.  In 2019 she was awarded the Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neuzeit Office', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e for the manuscript \u003ci\u003eMoxie, \u003c\/i\u003eresulting in its 2020 publication by Vagabond Press. Her previous poetry collections are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neuzeit Office', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGirlery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neuzeit Office', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e (Inken Publisch, 2014) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neuzeit Office', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSuperette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neuzeit Office', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e (Puncher \u0026amp; Wattmann, 2018).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Apercu, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;\"\u003ePresented by the Department of English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Apercu, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;\"\u003eat the University of Sydney, this award offers a cash prize of $7000 and publication with Vagabond Press of a collection of poems between 50-80 pages by an Australian woman poet. It is made possible by a generous bequest to the University by Helen Anne Bell. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMelinda Bufton, \u003cem\u003eMoxie \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2020. 148mm x 210mm. 70pp. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN \u003c\/span\u003e978-1-925735-19-2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease date: TBA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelated links\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/arts\/news-and-events\/news\/2019\/12\/05\/winner-of-2019-helen-anne-bell-poetry-bequest-award-announced.html\"\u003eAnnouncement of the 2019 Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/online.anyflip.com\/wuapt\/ssqa\/index.html\" style=\"width: 550px; height: 350px;\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31518789009460,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/products\/Bufton_-_Moxie_cover3.jpg?v=1599946766","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/es\/products\/melinda-bufton-moxie","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}