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'Maria Takolander is a poet of uncompromising vision and imaginative power. She strips the world of easy sentiment, restoring experience to the realm of the body and the materiality of history. Her work is characterised by gothic beauty, but it can also be marked by deadpan wit. This collection is divided into three parts, focusing on the alienating event of childbirth; those places of the poet’s imaginative landscape haunted by the past (Finland, South America, and Australia); and the cruelties suffered and inflicted by the human animal. The End of the World, Takolander’s second full-length poetry collection, reveals the strangeness of our lives in verse that is often provocative and always striking.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: For my son, Samuel
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Raped by Ghosts
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 12 2015;
— Review of The End of the World 2014 selected work poetry -
The End of the World by Maria Takolander
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , October no. 16 2014;
— Review of The End of the World 2014 selected work poetry -
Poetry Book Review: The End of the World by Maria Takolander
2014
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The NSW Writers' Centre Blog
— Review of The End of the World 2014 selected work poetry -
Review : Australian Poetry
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 August 2014; (p. 19)
— Review of Final Theory 2014 single work poetry ; A Spell, A Charm 2007-2008 single work poetry ; The End of the World 2014 selected work poetry -
Martin Langford Reviews Maria Takolander
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 47.0 2014;
— Review of The End of the World 2014 selected work poetry
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Dark Deeds Disturb While Creative Quest Engages
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 April 2014; (p. 22)
— Review of The End of the World 2014 selected work poetry ; Fixing the Broken Nightingale 2013 selected work poetry -
Martin Langford Reviews Maria Takolander
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 47.0 2014;
— Review of The End of the World 2014 selected work poetry -
Review : Australian Poetry
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 August 2014; (p. 19)
— Review of Final Theory 2014 single work poetry ; A Spell, A Charm 2007-2008 single work poetry ; The End of the World 2014 selected work poetry -
Poetry Book Review: The End of the World by Maria Takolander
2014
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The NSW Writers' Centre Blog
— Review of The End of the World 2014 selected work poetry -
The End of the World by Maria Takolander
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , October no. 16 2014;
— Review of The End of the World 2014 selected work poetry
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