Superette's speaker assumes the guise of an audacious flaneuse with a practiced eye for detail. A combination of Dorothy Parker wit, burlesque, and punk, this citizen stylist observes urban life anew. The collection pulsates with sneaky beats and sharp observations of latent and not-so-latent fantasies. Her poems swell with lunch-hour humidity, re-envisioning our everyday routines and small intimacies. be prepared to surrender to Superette's artful turns and city pockets, as Bufton leads us through a contemporary expanse with effortless flair. Melinda Bufton is a Melbourne-based poet. Her debut collection Girlery (2014) was hailed by Emily Bitto as "both political and sassy in its challenge to poetic doctrine." A leading voice of third-wave feminism, Melinda's work has appeared in Contemporary Australian Feminist Poetry (2016) and Contemporary Australian Poetry (2016).
- | Author: Melinda Bufton
- | Publisher: Puncher & Wattmann
- | Publication Date: Aug 01, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 62 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1925780058
- | ISBN-13: 9781925780055
- Author:
- Melinda Bufton
- Publisher:
- Puncher & Wattmann
- Publication Date:
- Aug 01, 2018
- Number of pages:
- 62 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1925780058
- ISBN-13:
- 9781925780055