She frequently contributes commentary, reportage and analysis on aged care issues to media outlets including 7.30, The Guardian, The Australian, and ABC Radio National. Her current research interests are situated in the field of the medical humanities, and focus on representations of death, dying, ageing and aged care in literature and the media. In 2022, Holland-Batt was appointed as the Judy Harris Writer in Residence at the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney, an honour offered annually to a distinguished Australian writer whose work offers a literary perspective on health and chronic disease. The author of three volumes of poetry – most recently The Jaguar (2022) – and a book of essays collecting her poetry columns for The Australian, she is the recipient of numerous honours for her work, including the 2016 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry. Full Title: The Bell Jar When Written: 1957-1962 Where Written: England When Published: 1963 Literary Period: post-WWII fiction Genre: Bildungsroman (coming-of-age novel) Setting: New York City greater Boston area Climax: Esther’s suicide attempt Point of View: First person Extra Credit for The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath’s Own Elly Higginbottom. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. Sarah Holland-Batt is an award-winning poet, editor and critic, and a member of QUT's Creative Writing faculty. I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart.
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