His most recent book is the novel, We. Are. Family., dealing with the generational effect of family violence. The Australian[2] said the novel "asks us if it is possible to escape the subjectivity of our pasts, or do the male voices in our heads sentence us to a lifetime of judgment by their standards? Ultimately, We. Are. Family. might be read as a tale of redemption and hope.” and The Age[3] said "Mitchell is a terse and observant writer, as alive to the particulars of Aussie idiom and experience as Tim Winton, but less showy . . . It’s hard to write about the thwarts and flaws of conventional masculinity without coming across as either too harsh or too sentimental. Mitchell succeeds in doing so."
Mitchell's 2014 poetry collection, Standard Variation (Walleah Press) gained a short-listing for the 2016 Adelaide Writers' WeekJohn Bray Poetry Award,[citation needed], while his debut collection, Minorphysics (IP 2003), won the IP PIcks Award for an Unpublished Australian Poetry manuscript.[4] Mitchell has appeared at the Melbourne Writers Festival, Australian Short Story Festival and others, and he has won national awards for his short fiction.[5][failed verification] His poetry, essays and stories have been published in newspapers, magazines and journals including The Age, The Sunday Age, Best Australian Stories and Poems, Meanjin, Griffith Review, Overland, ABC Religion and Ethics and The Big Issue.
Mitchell's 2015 play Ragdoll was a work of fiction that drew upon two Australian cases of patricide: Arthur Freeman throwing his child Darcy from Melbourne's Westgate Bridge,[6] and Robert Farquharson driving his three children into a dam near Winchelsea. The play, performed by Silas Aiton and directed by Debra Low, was staged at Melbourne's La Mama Theatre as part of the 2015 Melbourne Writer's Theatre/Hoi Polloy production of one-act plays called DarkLight. Helen Garner said of this work that it was "a challenging psychological and emotional exploration . . . a contribution to a desperately needed national conversation [that] will deepen and enrich it in very significant ways.”
Bibliography
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2017)
^Moorhouse, Frank (2004). Best Australian Stories 2004. Black Ink. ISBN9781863952453.
^McGhee, Ashlynne (15 July 2015). "Doctors knew father who threw 4yo off bridge was violent, inquest hears". ABC News. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
External links
Interview with Paul Mitchell Good Reading magazine
A review of We. Are. Family. in Rochford Street Review
A review of We. Are. Family. in The War Cry magazine.
December 27, 2022
paul, mitchell, writer, other, uses, paul, mitchell, this, article, autobiography, been, extensively, edited, subject, someone, connected, subject, need, editing, conform, wikipedia, neutral, point, view, policy, there, relevant, discussion, talk, page, februa. For other uses see Paul Mitchell This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject It may need editing to conform to Wikipedia s neutral point of view policy There may be relevant discussion on the talk page February 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Paul Mitchell born 1968 1 is an author of five books in Melbourne Contents 1 Reception 2 Bibliography 2 1 Fiction 2 2 Poetry 2 3 Performance works 3 References 4 External linksReception EditHis most recent book is the novel We Are Family dealing with the generational effect of family violence The Australian 2 said the novel asks us if it is possible to escape the subjectivity of our pasts or do the male voices in our heads sentence us to a lifetime of judgment by their standards Ultimately We Are Family might be read as a tale of redemption and hope and The Age 3 said Mitchell is a terse and observant writer as alive to the particulars of Aussie idiom and experience as Tim Winton but less showy It s hard to write about the thwarts and flaws of conventional masculinity without coming across as either too harsh or too sentimental Mitchell succeeds in doing so Mitchell s 2014 poetry collection Standard Variation Walleah Press gained a short listing for the 2016 Adelaide Writers Week John Bray Poetry Award citation needed while his debut collection Minorphysics IP 2003 won the IP PIcks Award for an Unpublished Australian Poetry manuscript 4 Mitchell has appeared at the Melbourne Writers Festival Australian Short Story Festival and others and he has won national awards for his short fiction 5 failed verification His poetry essays and stories have been published in newspapers magazines and journals including The Age The Sunday Age Best Australian Stories and Poems Meanjin Griffith Review Overland ABC Religion and Ethics and The Big Issue Mitchell s 2015 play Ragdoll was a work of fiction that drew upon two Australian cases of patricide Arthur Freeman throwing his child Darcy from Melbourne s Westgate Bridge 6 and Robert Farquharson driving his three children into a dam near Winchelsea The play performed by Silas Aiton and directed by Debra Low was staged at Melbourne s La Mama Theatre as part of the 2015 Melbourne Writer s Theatre Hoi Polloy production of one act plays called DarkLight Helen Garner said of this work that it was a challenging psychological and emotional exploration a contribution to a desperately needed national conversation that will deepen and enrich it in very significant ways Bibliography EditThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items January 2017 Fiction Edit Dodging the Bull short fiction Wakefield Press 2007 We Are Family novel MidnightSun Publishing 2016Poetry Edit Minorphysics Interactive Productions 2003 Awake Despite the Hour poetry Five Islands Press 2007 Standard Variation poetry Walleah Press 2014Performance works Edit Sleepless in Braybrook writer performer Yarraville Festival 2002 Get the Word writer performer with Bill Buttler Melbourne University Festival 2005 Gasworks Theatre Elemental writer and performer Melbourne Festival 2009 Being a Wheel Family writer performer Melbourne Fringe Festival 2013 Ragdoll writer performed by Silas Aiton directed by Debra Low La Mama Theatre 2015References Edit Mitchell Paul 1968 People and organisations Trove Retrieved 5 June 2019 Moss David Domestic violence pervades family s troubled past and present The Australian Retrieved 21 January 2017 Woodhead Cameron We Are Family review Paul Mitchell s stark tale of domestic violence The Age Retrieved 16 September 2016 minorphysics ipoz biz Retrieved 5 June 2019 Moorhouse Frank 2004 Best Australian Stories 2004 Black Ink ISBN 9781863952453 McGhee Ashlynne 15 July 2015 Doctors knew father who threw 4yo off bridge was violent inquest hears ABC News Retrieved 5 June 2019 External links EditInterview with Paul Mitchell Good Reading magazine A review of We Are Family in Rochford Street Review A review of We Are Family in The War Cry magazine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paul Mitchell writer amp oldid 1085070478, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
