Stu Hatton was born in Boston, England in 1977 and since 1986 has lived in Melbourne, Australia. He holds a BA from the University of Melbourne and an MA from Deakin University, where he teaches writing and editing. Since 2005 he has also worked in research into drug use, young people's use of health services, and depression. His work has appeared in The Age, Overland, Cordite, foam:e, Otoliths, qarrtsiluni and elsewhere.
*How to be Hungry* is Stu Hatton's first book. Its poems attempt reconnaissance of elsewheres, continually investigating desire and its offshoots: craving, aversion, addiction. *How to be Hungry*... More > also explores darker edges (disconnection, deception, anxiety) and possibilities for navigating these (mindfulness, meditation, creativity). Along the way the reader is teleported to cafés, bars, nightclubs, houseparties, a rehab clinic, a psychiatric ward, a meditation hall, a golf course, beaches, offices, cities, suburbs, highways, strange interiors... and various hells.< Less
*How to be Hungry* is Stu Hatton's first book. Its poems attempt reconnaissance of elsewheres, continually investigating desire and its offshoots: craving, aversion, addiction. *How to be Hungry*... More > also explores darker edges (disconnection, deception, anxiety) and possibilities for navigating these (mindfulness, meditation, creativity). Along the way the reader is teleported to cafés, bars, nightclubs, houseparties, a rehab clinic, a psychiatric ward, a meditation hall, a golf course, beaches, offices, cities, suburbs, highways, strange interiors... and various hells.< Less
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