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Alexis Late Alexis Late i(19281168 works by)
Born: Established: Queensland, ;
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1 Alexis Late Reviews Felicity Plunkett’s A Kinder Sea Alexis Late , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May no. 101 2021;
— Review of A Kinder Sea Felicity Plunkett , 2020 selected work poetry

'The writer Phillip Hoare, celebrated author of The Whale and self-confessed sea obsessive, once wrote: ‘Our bodies are as unknown to us as the ocean, both familiar and strange; the sea inside ourselves.’ This quote might also describe acclaimed poet and critic Felicity Plunkett’s latest book of poetry, A Kinder Sea, which takes writing about the sea – or through the sea – to whole new depths. This collection of 29 poems, published by University of Queensland Press (2020), reveals more than just a fascination with the literal sea. As any seasoned ocean swimmer or sailor knows, a calm surface is no indication of the sea’s nature, or of one’s journey across it.' (Introduction)
1 Interview with Julie Watts Alexis Late (interviewer), 2020 single work interview
— Appears in: Writ Poetry Review , February no. 4 2020; 'Julie Watts is a Western Australian writer. She has been published in various National and International journals and anthologies. She was shortlisted for the 2017 Montreal International Poetry Prize, won The Blake Poetry Prize 2017 and The Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript 2018. Her second poetry collection, Legacy, was published by UWA Publishing in November, 2018. She took a moment to talk to us about the story behind her Blake poem, what wasps reveal to us about human frailty, the connotations of the word ‘disarm’, the difficult origins of her book’s titular poem ‘Legacy of a Suicide’, and how images in poetry can offer a non-judgemental critique of societal issues.' (Introduction)
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