"Language shapes consciousness and from consciousness, our world is shaped." - Antonella Gambotto-Burke, VogueAntonella Gambotto-Burke is a critic, journalist and novelist. She is the author of Lunch of Blood, An Instinct for the Kill, The Pure Weight of the Heart, The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide, and Mama: Love, Motherhood and Revolution (2015). She also contributes to a raft of magazines and newspapers, including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, The Australian, The South China Morning Post, The Mail on Sunday, and others.