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'Mike Ladd's new collection, Invisible Mending ranges across genres including essay, memoir, short story and poetry. Based loosely on the ideas of scarring and healing, Invisible Mending extends from family intimacies to connection and disconnection in the Australian community, environmental damage and repair. It also has an international view. Parts of it were written at an artist's residency in Malaysia and while travelling through South America.' (Publication summary)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Mile End,
West Torrens area,
Adelaide - South West,
Adelaide,
South Australia,:Wakefield Press
, 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- A Neighbour's Photo, single work short story (p. 1-4)
- Adelaidei"You old quincunx", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Meeting the Ghost of Don Dunstan on Norwood Paradei"He slipped out of the median-strip trees", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Learn to Speak the Languagei"I was on the bus to town.", single work poetry (p. 9)
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Ken,
single work
short story
'I hear Ken more often than I see him; the crackle and clatter as he flattens aluminium cans and throws then into a wool-bale cover, ...'
- Bedroom Ceiling Fani"White medusa", single work poetry (p. 18-20)
- Sclerophylli"Even at this distance I can tell", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Revegi"This sheep station has", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Night Drive : The Humei"Cath braked hard to save a fox - eyes points of sodium in the high-beam.", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Travelling the Golden Highway, Thinking of Global Warmingi"Stringybarks in bloom", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Dirti"700 Ks", single work poetry (p. 26)
- In a State Forest by the Murrumbidgeei"Some things glance off, some go deep.", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Black Swans Matingi"At first she is a lone writer", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
- The Cicada Quartetsi"the cicada plays a guiro,", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
- The Edge of the Lake, single work prose (p. 33-37)
- Tide : My Father's Dementiai"Sleepless tonight. The Richmond River", single work poetry (p. 38)
- My Father at the Clotheslinei"Concentrating on each peg, mouth open,", single work poetry (p. 39)
- Winter Lighti"Rain, fog, grief - bare-limbed", single work poetry (p. 40)
- Pantuns in the Orchard, single work prose (p. 42-51)
- A Book of Hours at Rimbun Dahani"The light comes so slowly", single work poetry (p. 53-56)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Review Short : Mike Ladd’s Invisible Mending
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 4 May no. 54.0 2016;
— Review of Invisible Mending 2016 selected work poetry short story essay -
Healing Country
2016
single work
review
essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 387 2016; (p. 57-58) 'Ellen van Neerven, Joel Deane, and Mike Ladd present poems about journeys, recovery, and healing, from comfort food to the experience of a stroke, within overlapping landscapes as palimpsests for their respective pathways.' (Introduction) -
A Feast of Bite-Sized Gems
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 19 October 2016; (p. 18)
-
Review Short : Mike Ladd’s Invisible Mending
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 4 May no. 54.0 2016;
— Review of Invisible Mending 2016 selected work poetry short story essay -
A Feast of Bite-Sized Gems
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 19 October 2016; (p. 18) -
Healing Country
2016
single work
review
essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 387 2016; (p. 57-58) 'Ellen van Neerven, Joel Deane, and Mike Ladd present poems about journeys, recovery, and healing, from comfort food to the experience of a stroke, within overlapping landscapes as palimpsests for their respective pathways.' (Introduction)
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