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1 1 y separately published work icon Night Fishing Anna Ryan-Punch , Parkville : Five Islands Press , 2018 14759399 2018 selected work poetry

'The poems of Anna Ryan-Punch’s Night Fishing tell stories of love and motherhood, of lost faith and suburban rental houses. Wry in humour and precise in her ear for colloquial language, Ryan-Punch recounts the frequently improvisatory nature of finding oneself in adulthood. These poems invite us into a world in which, ‘The third level of the car park is the only/ completely silent place I have found’, and onto the couch where ‘we had our/children, lollies, lager and chips./ Watched The Simpsons, tucked up our feet’. A long-awaited debut, Night Fishing reveals the shifting textures of contemporary life.
Kate Middleton

'Spare but full, these poems turn on the axis of parenting and being parented, loving and being loved, of being in and resisting the world, with a rare combination of rigour and feeling. Hard-won, unflinching and tender, they are close enough to our worlds to draw blood, and strange enough to still the breath.
Peter Kenneally

'A tender, brave and beautiful work. Ryan-Punch inspires you to examine life with similar unflinching attentiveness.
Karen Andrews'  (Publication summary)

1 No Money i "There is no money in poetry.", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 63 no. 1 2018; (p. 187)
1 Heredity i "My mother seemed to be", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 152 2018; (p. 46)
1 The Bone Buried i "My father was cross when I lost a hairbrush at the pool.", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 31 no. 1 2017; (p. 158-159)
1 Edible Design i "Chin lowered, I moulded into", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 August vol. 82 no. 2017;
1 Trainspotting i "Heads swayed in three-quarter time,", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 62 no. 1 2017; (p. 234)
1 The Back of My Father’s Neck Anna Ryan-Punch , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Tincture Journal , Winter no. 18 2017; (p. 83-88)
1 Pseudonyms for Women i "burnt by moonlight", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 223 2016; (p. 46)
1 The Coldest Day i "Mid-winter and the pilot light keeps going out.", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 6 no. 1 2016; (p. 94-95)
1 Aide-memoire i "Tie a string around the wrist of your woman.", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 144 2016; (p. 111)
1 Trampoline i "Summer thrums in hot flies", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tincture Journal , Autumn no. 13 2016; (p. 22)
1 Stasis i "I have been sitting here since", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verandah , no. 31 2016; (p. 35)
1 Driving to Queenscliff i "We clipped them into the car", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 29 no. 2 2015; (p. 356-357)
1 Follow the Shadows Anna Ryan-Punch , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 29 no. 2 2015; (p. 353-355)
1 Birthday i "Turning four is telling everyone", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verandah , no. 30 2015; (p. 72)
1 All That Time i "All that time ago we came here", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 5 no. 2 2015; (p. 84)
1 Folding down Corners i "How when the Nazis came", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Prayers of a Secular World 2015; (p. 82-83)
1 First Night i "Night midwives glide, smooth sharks", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Prayers of a Secular World 2015; (p. 54-55)
1 An Affinity with Pigeons i "born of scuttling feet", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Otoliths , 1 August no. 38 2015;
1 Blot i "Sort our feelings out", Anna Ryan-Punch , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Otoliths , 1 August no. 38 2015;
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