{"product_id":"silence-is-my-habitat","title":"Silence is my Habitat: Ecobiographical essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eJessica White has been deaf since she was four years old. Through ecobiography, which dwells on a person’s interaction with their ecosystem and how this shapes their sense of self, she considers how deafness encouraged and moulded her relationship to the natural world. Unable to hear easily, she became observant, exploring her environments through the tactile and olfactory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these poetic essays, she describes her responses to bodies of water, the university, the archive, the bush, and the quietened realm of the pandemic. She writes of burnt trees amidst the devastating loss of her mother. She finds a flock of deaf women writers who help her fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite reveals that deafness, although it can bring fatigue and isolation, is also a portal to a rich, contemplative, and creative life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica White\u003c\/b\u003e is an academic in the field of literature and a writer of novels, memoir and essays, with a PhD from the University of London. She won the 2020 Michael Crouch award for Debut Biography for her hybrid memoir\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHearing Maud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Award and the Queensland Literary Award. Her first novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Curious Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Penguin in 2007, and won a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist award. It was shortlisted for the Western Australia Premier’s award and the Dobbie award for a first book by a woman writer and longlisted for the international IMPAC award. Her second novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntitlement\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Penguin in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eISBN: 978-1-7637331-2-1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upswell Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42285000818743,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/7771\/2951\/files\/2622_UP_Silenceismyhabit_toprint_final.jpg?v=1782439629","url":"https:\/\/upswellpublishing.com\/products\/silence-is-my-habitat","provider":"Upswell Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}