{"product_id":"judith-wright-georgina-arnott-9781760642624","title":"Judith Wright: Selected Writings","description":"This first-ever collection of Australian poet Judith Wright's nonfiction is a compelling portrait of a prescient voice on modern Australia.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudith Wright (1915-2000) is one of the best-known Australian poets of her generation. Born into a pioneering bush family, her commitments to environmental protection, history writing and obtaining recognition for First Nations people drew her in new directions and assumed a major role in her life. She was the first president of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland, a founder of the Australian Conservation Foundation and a member of the Aboriginal Treaty Commission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis selection of her nonfiction, the first of its kind, brings together essays, speeches, family history, correspondence, memoir and criticism to reveal the personal and philosophical threads that bind together her work and life. It makes plain the shifts and transformations in her thinking, and the female friendships - in particular, with writer and activist Oodgeroo Noonuccal - that opened her to new perspectives and connections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis addition to the Australian Thinkers series shows what happens when a poet talks about a nation. It reveals a way of thinking about Australia - its land, history and culture - that draws on the best of human possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgina Arnott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760642622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760642624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e La Trobe University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.70d","brand":"Georgina Arnott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44123260879103,"sku":"9781760642624","price":21.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eb525cc4-db0e-4407-9f1e-99995023f866.jpg?v=1687429865","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/judith-wright-georgina-arnott-9781760642624","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}