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1 1 y separately published work icon Unspeakable Petr Malapanis , Brighton : Owl Publishing , 2019 16952265 2019 selected work poetry

After some dirty dancing with breast cancer and a 2-year hiatus from writing completely, Petr finally articulated the experience in an intense feature at West Word in 2017. Unspeakable is Malapanis' first solo offering.

"In Unspeakable, her astonishing suite of poems, the devastating and necessary eruptions of language are linked to the violence that is done to our bodies. The violence of disease. The violence of sexual abuse. The violence of racism. All these violences are cruel and savage. And yet, and yet, Malapanis has created something beautiful from all this damage… These poems speak to the bravery of Malapanis, and also to her success. They speak: eloquently, savagely and beautifully. They dance, they sing." - Christos Tsiolkas

Taken from: http://owlpublishing.com.au/chapbook-series.html
1 Forgiveness in Vancouver i "Instinctively you stand tall", Petr Malapanis , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , no. 63 2017; (p. 192)
1 Suck This i "Who first thought this was a good idea/", Petr Malapanis , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Page Seventeen , no. 10 2012; (p. 61-62)
1 Mother's Mask i "Your body glows and stretches", Petr Malapanis , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southern Sun, Aegean Light : Poetry of Second-Generation Greek-Australians 2011; (p. 207-209)
1 From Lover Lover Goodbye i "This day...yesterday,", Petr Malapanis , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southern Sun, Aegean Light : Poetry of Second-Generation Greek-Australians 2011; (p. 201-206)
1 Welcome to the Village i "They left hungry", Petr Malapanis , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southern Sun, Aegean Light : Poetry of Second-Generation Greek-Australians 2011; (p. 199)
1 System Restore i "One unspoken word at a time", Petr Malapanis , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Etchings , no. 4 2008; (p. 44-45)
1 Self...Exit Stage Left i "Awake he squirms inside my soul", Petr Malapanis , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mother Lode : Poems Reflecting on Motherhood 2003; (p. 36)
1 Weaning Little Delphi i "My skin is stretched so tight over my bones", Petr Malapanis , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mother Lode : Poems Reflecting on Motherhood 2003; (p. 17)
1 Weaning Miss Delphi i "My skin is Stretched so tight over my bones", Petr Malapanis , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: O Logos , September no. 16 2003; (p. 124)
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