TEXT Special Issue No 45



	Special Issues Series Number 45 October 2017

	Writing Death and Dying Edited by Donna Lee Brien

	Donna Lee Brien Introduction: writing death and dying Rachel Spencer Dignifying the poisoned chalice: the ethical challenges of using archival material in a narrative about death and arsenic Sue Bond Speaking through the things of their lives: writing a memoir with my parents’ melancholy objects Rachel Franks Writing the death of Joseph Luker: true crime reportage in colonial Sydney Elizabeth Ellison Facing death on the Australian beach: examining fear and transcendence Margaret McAllister and Donna Lee Brien Death, nursing and writing ambiguous characters Lauren O’Mahony Death and the Australian rural romance novel Kathryn Trees Response and Response-ability to the death of others who are vulnerable Gail Pittaway Food for finality: feeding the bereaved and ‘feasting’ the dead Matt Eliot The white lady of mourning: glamour, power and a woman’s understanding Martin Lodge Illuminations: a proposed taxonomy for death-inspired works in Western art music Bambi Ward The role of narrative in easing pain: blurred roles of health professional and carer Julia Prendergast A Wake Lynda Hawryluk Blue berries Gail Pittaway Interislander Leanne Dodd Ebb and Flow

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	TEXT Special Issue No 45 Writing Death and Dying October 2017 http://www.textjournal.com.au Editor: Donna Lee Brien TEXT Special Issues Editors: Dallas John Baker and Ross Watkins General Editor: Nigel Krauth text@textjournal.com.au