Women I Know

Women I Know

Author	Katerina Gibson
Language	English
Genre	Short story collection
Publisher	Simon and Schuster Australia
Publication date	6 July 2022
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print
Pages	256 pp.
Awards	2023 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, winner
ISBN	9781761106811

Women I Know is a 2022 short story collection by the Australian author Katerina Gibson originally published by Simon and Schuster. ^[1]

It was the winner of the 2023 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction. ^[2]

Contents

• "Glitches in the algorithm"
• "Meat alternatives for the motherland: a review"
• "Orchestra of animals"
• "Constellation in the left eye"
• "A dog's world"
• "Intermission I: all the stories I started but never finished because of the time-restrictive and distracting nature of the gig economy"
• "A tight schedule"
• "All noise through the fog will be forgiven"
• "Women I know"
• "The shape of"
• "Preparation"
• "Intermission II: on the mythology in the room (field notes)"
• "Fertile soil"
• "Times you let anger slip on your throat"
• "Two hundred and one days of forests burning"
• "When the river floods our house"
• "As the nation still mourns"

Critical reception

In Meanjin Matilda Dixon-Smith states that "Gibson is a deft writer, with a curious bluntness to her prose that occasionally reveals delicious images", and that "In her more confident moments, and more ambitious stories, Gibson's writing is chewy and engaging". ^[3]

Writing in Australian Book Review Debra Adelaide noted that the stories in this collection have "an intellectual and imaginative power in their fearless probing into corners of the human world we didn't even think existed until now." She concluded that this "is an assured collection, audacious, dark, comic, and full of surprises." ^[4]

Notes

• Dedication: For my mother.

Awards

• 2023 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards – Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, winner ^[2]

See also

• 2022 in Australian literature

References

1. "Women I Know by Katerina Gibson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
2. Dow, Steve (22 May 2023). "'Significantly shocking': debut author Debra Dank breaks records at NSW premier's literary awards". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 22 May 2023.
3. ""Examples of the Form"". Meanjin Online, 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
4. ""Much in Little : Three new short story collections"". Australian Book Review, December 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2025.