Fat Girl Dancing

'Fat Girl Dancing is a triumph. I am better for having read it, perhaps even a little more human. This book may be Kneen’s specific story, but it is for every mind and every body.’—Bri Lee

‘Muscular, dexterous, and superbly inventive, Fat Girl Dancing is an extraordinary investigation-and expression-of the self.’—Sarah Krasnostein

‘A prism of a book, relighting the world around us, page by page.’—Chloe Hooper

‘With characteristic Kneen heart and originality we are invited into a lifetime hunger for disappearance, a pursuit of love, and moments of perfection. Iconically queer and questioning, with a bobbing cork of generosity. A pleasure to hold.’—Kaya Wilson

‘A story of love that questions perceptions and presumptions with gentle heart, unflinching introspection and lyrical ferocity. Exquisitely shaped and personally provocative.’—Ashley Hay

‘A raw yet lyrical memoir that digs into the hidden parts of ourselves with a tender and unflinching gaze. On each page, Kneen breathes poetry into the pain of having the “wrong" body.’—Yves Rees

‘Equally sumptuous as it is heartbreaking, Fat Girl Dancing evokes the sweaty, dreamy, beautiful nightmare of living in a body that the culture at large rejects. Kneen puts it all out there: flesh, insecurity and art, and in doing so creating a work of corporeal neutrality and–most importantly–uncompromising sexiness’—Eloise Grills

‘Brave, visceral and original. An unsettling look at bodies in all their frailty...’—Kristina Olsson

‘This reckoning of the body is an incredible act of generosity and nerve that will entirely reframe how you understand flesh and fat. A remarkable work by a writer at the height of their powers’.—Benjamin Law