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The Art of Disappearing i "The moon that broke on the fencepost will not hold.", Sarah Holland-Batt , 2007 single work poetry (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 8 September 2007; (p. 29) The Best Australian Poetry 2008 2008; (p. 42) Thirty Australian Poets 2011; (p. 126) Young Poets : An Australian Anthology 2011; (p. 50) Falling and Flying : Poems on Ageing 2015; (p. 31)
Ars Poetica i "I used to want", Bronwyn Lea , 2008 single work poetry (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: The Other Way Out 2008; (p. 38)
Eating Paint i "Inspired by the effects of water-colours", M. T. C. Cronin , 2001 single work poetry (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2001; (p. 42) Bestseller 2001; (p. 28-29) Australian Poetry Library 2004-;
Course reader
I Helen Garner , 2002 single work essay (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 61 no. 1 2002; (p. 40-43) The Best Australian Essays 2002 2002; (p. 149-153) Meanjin , Summer vol. 69 no. 4 2010; (p. 132-135) Meanjin Anthology 2012; (p. 297-300)
Helen Garner explores the new and different persona a writer must adopt in each successive work

Description

Who would not wish to be a published author? This course provides an introduction to creative writing of various kinds, chiefly short fiction and poetry, in a workshop situation in which recent and, in particular, contemporary writing, made available in a reading brick, will be critically analysed and, where appropriate, used as a model. Stylistic diversity will be encouraged and the workshop will ensure close discussion of, and feedback on, student work. The course will include some consideration of the practical process of publishing.

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