Tongue
$26.36
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2026
Summary
The more I learnt about the tongue the less certain I became about what the organ was for, which made me doubtful about what it really was.
A young researcher works in a university archive, intent on unveiling the history of the human tongue, its strange metaphors and hidden uses. The archival materials conjure memories of her own past, transporting her home, half a world away, into the silence lodged between herself and her mother. Alongside the academic work, she begins a s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923106765 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1923106767 |
| Author: | Kathryn Crowcroft |
| Publisher: | Giramondo Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Giramondo Publishing Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 149mm x 210mm |
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Kathryn Crowcroft
Kathryn Crowcroft’s writing has been published in Prototype, Berlin Lit, The Weekend Review, The Best Australian Poems series, and other places. Her essay ‘Tongue Broken’ appeared in HEAT and Lit Hub. She completed her doctorate as a twice-awarded Gates scholar at the University of Cambridge where she won the John Kinsella and Brewer Hall prizes for poetry. She is currently based in the United Kingdom.
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