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'Final Theory is a long poem told in episodes, combining two fragmentary story lines – the one following a couple as they travel through landscapes which are at different times pristine and ravaged by progress; the other portraying the sensations of a child tumbling through the ocean, encountering evidence of lost worlds. Researched and composed in countries that were once part of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana – New Zealand, Australia and Antarctica – the poem places its figures within vast scales of time and space. The focus on two generations, the near-future and the far-off future, raises questions about the development of consciousness, and what place we as humans have in the unfinished process of chance and change.' (Publication summary)
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Launched on 12 July 2014 at Gleebooks, Sydney, with readings by Elizabeth Allen, Toby Fitch, Greg McLaren and Lindsay Tuggle.
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Dedication : To Tim Grey, reader, husband and co-conspirator.
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Country & Western
2017
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criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Poetics Research , September no. 7 2017;'That poetry is implicated with politics is incontrovertible. As Theodore Adorno writes ‘art exists in the real world and has a function in it, and the two are connected by a large number of mediating links.’ Those mediating links however, the things that connect each to the other, are harder to grapple with. What does the daily life of a protest poet look like compared to a conservative one when both work in a modern university? What poetry does the politician read?' (Introduction)
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“Hubcap and Lichen” : Anti-Anthropocentrism in Libby Hart’s Wild and Bonny Cassidy’s Final Theory
2016
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review
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 75 no. 3 2016;
— Review of Final Theory 2014 single work poetry ; Wild 2014 selected work poetry -
Helen Hagemann Reviews Final Theory by Bonny Cassidy
2015
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— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2015;
— Review of Final Theory 2014 single work poetry -
Robert Wood Reviews Final Theory by Bonny Cassidy
2015
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— Appears in: Writ. Poetry Review , September no. 3 2015;
— Review of Final Theory 2014 single work poetry -
Sevles and Their Grace Notes : Poetry in Review
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 74 no. 1 2015; (p. 68-77)
— Review of Earth Hour 2014 selected work poetry ; Devadatta’s Poems 2014 selected work poetry ; New Selected Poems 2013 selected work poetry ; Radiance 2014 selected work poetry ; The Beautiful Anxiety 2013 selected work poetry ; Final Theory 2014 single work poetry
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Review : Australian Poetry
2014
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— 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: Final Theory by Bonny Cassidy
2014
2014
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— Appears in: The NSW Writers' Centre Blog
— Review of Final Theory 2014 single work poetry -
Bonny Cassidy : Final Theory
2014
single work
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— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 9 no. 2014;
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Clutching, Following, Wondering, Gazing : Lisa Gorton Launches ‘Final Theory’ by Bonny Cassidy
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , June - September no. 12 2014;
— Review of Final Theory 2014 single work poetry -
Art in Words, and a Road Movie
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 January 2015; (p. 20)
— Review of Keeps : With Patience, Mutiny and Man Wolf Man 2014 selected work poetry ; Final Theory 2014 single work poetry -
Country & Western
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Poetics Research , September no. 7 2017;'That poetry is implicated with politics is incontrovertible. As Theodore Adorno writes ‘art exists in the real world and has a function in it, and the two are connected by a large number of mediating links.’ Those mediating links however, the things that connect each to the other, are harder to grapple with. What does the daily life of a protest poet look like compared to a conservative one when both work in a modern university? What poetry does the politician read?' (Introduction)