Jazz Money

Jazz Money (she/they) is a Wiradjuri poet and artist currently based on Gadigal land. Her practice is centred around the written word while producing works that encompass installation, digital, film and print. Jazz’s writing has been widely performed and published nationally and internationally. In 2020 Jazz was awarded the David Unaipon Award from the State Library of Queensland and a First Nations Emerging Career Award from theAustralian Council for the Arts. Her debut collection how to make a basket is available from September 2021 with University of Queensland Press.

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Writing Gender Essay: Jazz Moneyon writing gender

Radical Joy

In a colony where blatant police brutality against Indigenous people is the norm, where we suffer the continued desecration of sacred land, live within a health and mortality gap, and a government that seeks to undermine sovereignty in all its forms, we need poets that can see all this – and still celebrate the joy, resilience and love of our community.
Sep. 2021 • • • •

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Juncture Review: Luke Pattersonon Jazz Money
  • how to make a basket by Jazz Money UQP
    136pp
    Published August 2021
    ISBN: 9780702263385

Culture in the Making (a walk and talk)

When I began
reading how to make a basket
I wanted to find out what I could do
with the text. How would I tend to
the ‘how to’ aspect of its title?
Feb. 2022 • • • •