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'In this much-awaited first collection, Carmen Leigh Keates draws on her experiences of cinema and of travelling to regions in Scandinavia associated with iconic films -among them, Bergman's remote Swedish island of Fårö, and the Estonian capital Tallinn, where Tarkovsky filmed his science fiction masterpiece Stalker. In these poems, geographical, dream and film worlds collide with brilliant results, taking the reader on unexpected and unpredictable voyages.' (Publication summary)
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Review Short : Diane Fahey’s November Journal and Carmen Leigh Keates’s Meteorites
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 89 2019;
— Review of November Journal 2017 selected work poetry ; Meteorites 2016 selected work poetry -
Interview with Carmen Leigh Keates
Angela Gardner
(interviewer),
2017
single work
interview
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 14 2017; -
[Review Essay] Meteorites
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: StylusLit , March no. 1 2017;'Carmen Leigh Keates’s Meteorites plays a polyphonic tune comprised of the ethereal elements of smoke, water, and dreams. Yet this otherworldly melody is grounded by a solid rhythm of rock, from the meteorite of its title to the rauks of the Fårö coastline and the boat-shaped graves and burial cairns of Gotland.'
(Introduction)
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[Launch] Carmen Leigh Keates' Meteorites
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , December no. 6 2016; -
Carmen Leigh Keates : Meteorites
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 11 no. 2016; 'I have to begin this review with a declaration of interest. Most of the poems in this book I have seen in earlier incarnations when I myself was in an earlier incarnation as an academic and Carmen Keates was a doctoral student for whom I shared responsibilities with Bronwyn Lea. I don’t think I have had an intimate, editorial relationship like that with any of the other poems which have turned up during the ten years of this site’s existence. I realise that I might be accused of having a sort of foster-parent’s fond regard for these poems but, as someone said, there are two kinds of hometown referees: those who shamelessly favour the home side and those who treat its players harshly out of fear that they might seem to be playing favourites. I like to think that I belong to the second group. At any rate, many of these poems are pared down and so much improved from the early versions that I saw as to be almost unrecognizable.' (Introduction)
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Review Short : Diane Fahey’s November Journal and Carmen Leigh Keates’s Meteorites
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 89 2019;
— Review of November Journal 2017 selected work poetry ; Meteorites 2016 selected work poetry -
Carmen Leigh Keates : Meteorites
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 11 no. 2016; 'I have to begin this review with a declaration of interest. Most of the poems in this book I have seen in earlier incarnations when I myself was in an earlier incarnation as an academic and Carmen Keates was a doctoral student for whom I shared responsibilities with Bronwyn Lea. I don’t think I have had an intimate, editorial relationship like that with any of the other poems which have turned up during the ten years of this site’s existence. I realise that I might be accused of having a sort of foster-parent’s fond regard for these poems but, as someone said, there are two kinds of hometown referees: those who shamelessly favour the home side and those who treat its players harshly out of fear that they might seem to be playing favourites. I like to think that I belong to the second group. At any rate, many of these poems are pared down and so much improved from the early versions that I saw as to be almost unrecognizable.' (Introduction) -
[Review Essay] Meteorites
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: StylusLit , March no. 1 2017;'Carmen Leigh Keates’s Meteorites plays a polyphonic tune comprised of the ethereal elements of smoke, water, and dreams. Yet this otherworldly melody is grounded by a solid rhythm of rock, from the meteorite of its title to the rauks of the Fårö coastline and the boat-shaped graves and burial cairns of Gotland.'
(Introduction)
-
Interview with Carmen Leigh Keates
Angela Gardner
(interviewer),
2017
single work
interview
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 14 2017; -
[Launch] Carmen Leigh Keates' Meteorites
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , December no. 6 2016;