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Two Lips Went Shopping

Lizz Murphy

Poetry

Two huge lips went shopping/on a pogo stick/for a red satin handbag/coordinated in colour/with their cupid’s bow
This is a book for anyone who has ever shopped – or worked in shops. But whether you find yourself wincing or laughing could depend on which side of the shop counter you’re on at the time.

Find out what it’s like to be a young shopgirl, vent your frustrations with today’s supermarket society and the advertising and media industries, take a nostalgic trip back to the days of the corner shop. Using consumerism as a platform Two Lips Went Shopping follows the thread down laneways where the baby trade and Female Genital Mutilation flourish passing protests of women against war and violence.

'This collection of poems is amusing, amazing and entertaining ... A fun read that can be picked up at any time, anywhere you need a rest from the day's harrowing experiences.' —Golden Threads

'The poems are intense visual and olfactory experiences, and they also contain exquisite vignettes of life and its struggles.' —Sunday Canberra Times

'This is a spirited, cheeky and angst-free assortment.' —The Sunday Age

Lizz Murphy is the author of three previous collections of poetry, and has edited four anthologies of women's writing, including the internationally bestselling Wee Girls: Women Writing from an Irish Perspective.

This publication is assisted by the Australia Council, the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body

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Poetry, Popular culture, Australiana, Irish, FGM, Retail/commercialism