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Personal profile
Biography
Melinda Harvey completed her Bachelor of Arts (Hons I) and PhD in English Literature at the University of Sydney. She has previously held lectureships at the University of Sydney, European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin (now Bard College, Berlin), ANU and RMIT University. Her research focuses on women's writing, especially in its intersections with modernism, the post-45 New York intellectuals and the contemporary literary scene. She is an established book critic, writing for the major Australian newpapers and literary magazines and in 2020 was a finallist for the Pascall Prize for Criticism, Australia's only award for arts criticism. She has been a judge of the Miles Franklin Literary Award since 2017. She collaborates with Dr Julieanne Lamond (ANU) and the Stella Prize on the Stella Count, which quantifies gender bias in the book pages in Australia. A current project is a study of women's unique contributions to public literary criticism, including Susan Sontag, Renata Adler, Elizabeth Hardwick and Jean Stafford.
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Research area keywords
- Women's Writing
- Contemporary Literature
- Modernism
- Public Literary Criticism
- Feminist Criticism
- Creative Nonfiction
- 20th Century Literature
- Arts Criticism
- New York Intellectuals
- Film Criticism
- American Literature
- Stella Count
Network
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Gender Imbalance in the Book Industry
Harvey, M., Smith, M., Koegler, C. & Norrick-Ruehl, C.
1/01/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Seriously Susan: On Susan Sontag and Literary Biography
Harvey, M., 1 Aug 2022, In: Sydney Review of Books.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Something remarkable has happened to Australia’s book pages: gender equality has become the norm
Harvey, M. & Lamond, J., 3 Mar 2022, The Conversation.Research output: Other contribution › Other
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The Stella Count 2019/2020
Harvey, M. & Lamond, J., 3 Mar 2022, 31 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Other
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'Fever Pitch: A Return to Familiar Themes': Review of Rachel Cusk's 'Second Place'
Harvey, M., Aug 2021, In: Australian Book Review. 434, 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short Review › Other
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Obstetric realism and sacred cows: women writers and book reviewing in Australia
Harvey, M. & Lamond, J., 2021, Routledge Companion to Australian Literature. Gildersleeve, J. (ed.). 1st ed. New York NY USA: Routledge, p. 134-146 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Finallist, Pascall Prize for Criticism
Harvey, Melinda (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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JUNCTURE Fellowship for Mid-Career and Established Critics
Harvey, Melinda (Recipient), Sep 2019
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
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UNESCO Melbourne City of Literature Travel Grant
Harvey, Melinda (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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Mosaic (Journal)
Melinda Harvey (Peer reviewer)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Antipodes: a global journal of Australian/New Zealand literature (Journal)
Melinda Harvey (Peer reviewer)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Jenny Erpenbeck: European Facts and Fictions
Melinda Harvey (Host)
6 May 2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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PhD in Creative Writing
Melinda Harvey (Examiner)
May 2019Activity: Examination types › Thesis Examination
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Kill Your Darlings magazine (External organisation)
Melinda Harvey (Member)
11 Dec 2019Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board