Jessica Au's precise, poetic meditation on mothers and daughters

  • Written by: Jen Webb, Dean, Graduate Research, University of Canberra
Jessica Au's precise, poetic meditation on mothers and daughtersTokyo snowstorm, 2020.Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images

Jessica Au has been appearing on the Australian literary scene for quite some time now. I first noticed her work in the noughties: short fictions published in Overland and Wet Ink, stories with well-crafted sentences and engaging characters and an aesthetic that leaned toward stillness and...

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