![]() ![]() She wrote, then as now, to figure things out, to probe and test her ideas and preconceptions. She lost that job and launched herself as a writer, though she’s said that even with the publication of her first book, there wasn’t some grand shift in her identity. It was an appropriately bold start - Garner had reaped a whirlwind of controversy in the early ‘70s when she gave frank answers to high school students she taught when they asked questions on matters of sexuality. She’s been a key figure in Australian letters since 1977, when she published Monkey Grip, a short novel that confronted readers with the grit and lyricism they’ve since accepted as Garner’s trademarks. ![]() Helen Garner was born in Geelong, Australia, in 1942. ![]()
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