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Beth Spencer Beth Spencer i(A2823 works by)
Born: Established: 1958 ;
Gender: Female
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1 Good Blood i "In the anger workshop the Zen master says —", Beth Spencer , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , December no. 2 2021;
1 Ready, Willing i "I used to dream of being Carly Simon, pregnant with James Taylor’s", Beth Spencer , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , December no. 2 2021;
1 Such Is Life In A Small Town Beth Spencer , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Any Saturday, 2021, Running Westward 2021;
1 Elephants i "It was a house full of elephants. Pushed up tight against each other. Rocking on", Beth Spencer , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 11 no. 1 2021; (p. 21)
1 Fling i "In a world in which things fling", Beth Spencer , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , May 2021;
1 Blood on the Wattle i "one day my brother hauled home", Beth Spencer , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , May 2021;
1 Walking This Way Without You i "These days I step to the salt of diamonds", Beth Spencer , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , May 2021;
1 What Got Caught in the Fisherman’s Net? i "A girl's dream, boy germs. The icicles hanging off the weatherboards.", Beth Spencer , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 32 2020; (p. 50-51)
1 How to Be a Good Girl i "I liked to lie beside you while you slept. The feathering", Beth Spencer , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Not Very Quiet , September no. 7 2020;
1 Playing Cards on a Red Rattler Beth Spencer , 2019 single work prose
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , December no. 24 2019;
1 Eating the Rich i "The first time I went to a restaurant was", Beth Spencer , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , December no. 24 2019;
1 Anne Walsh, Intact Beth Spencer , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 79 no. 1 2019;
— Review of Intact Anne Walsh , 2017 selected work poetry 'The front cover of Anne Walsh’s second book of poetry shows an image from wildlife photographer John E. Marriot of a solitary wolf in a snowy landscape, at the edge of a road, howling. The forest in the background is a texture of trees felled and stripped of their foliage and pines still standing. The dirt road narrows and curves out behind the wolf which stands, feet planted, head tipped to the sky, a small warm point of contrast against the snow and devastation.' (Introduction)
1 Cool / Green i "Our friendship’s rather cold and bare now", Beth Spencer , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 79 no. 1 2019;
1 Explant (caveat Emptor) i "Cut to the bone.", Beth Spencer , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 79 no. 1 2019; (p. 70-71)
1 Effie (1900 —1951) Beth Spencer , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Grieve : Stories and Poems about Grief and Loss: Volume Seven 2019;
1 Return to the Mothership i "I touch the scar on my chin and I am", Beth Spencer , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: StylusLit , September no. 6 2019;
1 My Dream Mother Beth Spencer , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Never Too Late 2018;
1 1 y separately published work icon Never Too Late Beth Spencer , Fountaindale : PressPress , 2018 15373790 2018 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon The Age of Fibs and Other Short Stories Beth Spencer , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2018 14975987 2018 selected work short story

'A collection that crosses boundaries of genre and time; meditating on history, memory, representation and desire. A ten year old visits her brother in hospital across a state border after a car accident; growing up in the age of Fibs bras and the rise and fall of the Whitlam government; the cast of Fatal Attraction let loose on the streets of Newtown; a montage of romance, dating advice and a teenage girl’s exploration of desire; a band of tourists visit Uluru; a man struggles for control of his life story; and a memoir using photographs reinventing relationships and belonging.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 White Noise i "those clouds I could", Beth Spencer , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , July 2017;
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