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“Relentless in pursuit of a feminist form, This Fragile Thing is virtuosic in its blending of visual and textual poetics to ask: how can poetry hold the body in all its glory and all its trauma?”
CAITLIN MALING
WHEN KAREN LOWRY was 16, her grandfather was convicted of sexually abusing her. This poetry collection is a raw, unflinching testimony created from the wreckage. Darkly funny, vulnerable, and often confronting, Karen blends memoir, poetry and collage to give language back to the unspeakable. This Fragile Thing is Karen’s own act of witness: what breaks us leaves evidence.
“Lowry’s book is arresting, both visually and poetically. An exorcism, a bloodletting, and a testament to the hard-won courage it takes to speak up. Fans of Laurie Halse Anderson and Tracey Emin will find a bracing new voice in This Fragile Thing.”
ELIOSE GRILLS
Poems from this collection have been published in Cordite, Australian Poetry Journal 14.2, Australian Poetry Digital 2025, Jacaranda Journal, Creatrix Poetry 73, Writer’s Victoria’s The Streets are Darker Without You Here, and Hunter Writer’s Centre Grieve volume 10.
Product will ship on September 1st 2026 or pickup your copy at the book launch by selecting this option during checkout.
“Relentless in pursuit of a feminist form, This Fragile Thing is virtuosic in its blending of visual and textual poetics to ask: how can poetry hold the body in all its glory and all its trauma?”
CAITLIN MALING
WHEN KAREN LOWRY was 16, her grandfather was convicted of sexually abusing her. This poetry collection is a raw, unflinching testimony created from the wreckage. Darkly funny, vulnerable, and often confronting, Karen blends memoir, poetry and collage to give language back to the unspeakable. This Fragile Thing is Karen’s own act of witness: what breaks us leaves evidence.
“Lowry’s book is arresting, both visually and poetically. An exorcism, a bloodletting, and a testament to the hard-won courage it takes to speak up. Fans of Laurie Halse Anderson and Tracey Emin will find a bracing new voice in This Fragile Thing.”
ELIOSE GRILLS
Poems from this collection have been published in Cordite, Australian Poetry Journal 14.2, Australian Poetry Digital 2025, Jacaranda Journal, Creatrix Poetry 73, Writer’s Victoria’s The Streets are Darker Without You Here, and Hunter Writer’s Centre Grieve volume 10.
Product will ship on September 1st 2026 or pickup your copy at the book launch by selecting this option during checkout.
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