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Mark Mordue Mark Mordue i(A563 works by)
Born: Established: 1960 ;
Gender: Male
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1 4 y separately published work icon Boy on Fire : The Young Nick Cave Mark Mordue , Sydney : Fourth Estate , 2020 20420025 2020 single work biography

'The first volume of the long-awaited, near-mythical biography of Nick Cave, by award-winning writer, Mark Mordue.

'A beautiful, profound, profane and poetic biography of the early formative years of the dark prince of Australian rock 'n' roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave's creation story. This is the story of the artist first as a boy, then as a young man. A deeply insightful work which charts his family, friends, influences, milieu and, most of all, his music, it reveals how Nick Cave shaped himself into the extraordinary artist he would become.

'As well as a powerfully compelling biography of a singular, uncompromising artist, Boy on Fire is also a fascinating social and cultural biography, a vivid and evocative rendering of a time and place, from the fast-running dark river and ghost gums of Wangaratta, to the nascent punk scene which hit staid 1970s Melbourne like an atom bomb, right through to the torn wallpaper, sticky carpet and the manic, wild energy of nights at the Crystal Ballroom.' (Publication summary)

1 Down by the River : Nick Cave’s Boyhood in Wangaratta (1959-70) Mark Mordue , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , August 2019;

'‘One of the many things I regret about writing And the Ass Saw the Angel (1989) was that I didn’t set it in Australia. It could just as easily be set in Wangaratta rather than an imaginary part of the American South. I don’t know why I didn’t do that. I wish I had. For sure that book comes from growing up in the country, from living a life in country Australia. It’s not from listening to murder ballads. The river was the sacred place of my childhood and everything happened down there.' (Introduction)

1 1 y separately published work icon Darlinghurst Funeral Rites Mark Mordue , Yarraville : Transit Lounge , 2017 11571932 2017 selected work poetry

'Darlinghurst Funeral Rites is a collection of poems by the writer and journalist Mark Mordue. It’s also a song cycle that takes the reader on a journey through Mark’s experiences in the Sydney post-punk music scene of the 1980s. It begins with his arrival in the big city, his immersion in the culture and the spirit of the times, his deep contact with bands, art and films as a leading rock journalist of the era, the corresponding hedonism and bohemianism that characterised iconic suburbs like Newtown, Surry Hills and Darlinghurst, and the disintegration of that world as a relationship ends and drugs, disillusion and displacement overtake people’s lives. The nature of the book is effectively a Dante-esque journey though Sydney in the post-punk 1980s. As such it is both a personal and a cultural history of the times: a creative history and internalised autobiography of a now mythical era.'  (Publication summary)

1 Nick Cave : ‘I Have Turned a Corner and Wandered on to a Vast Landscape’ Mark Mordue , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 5 May 2017;
'In a rare interview since the death of his 15-year-old son, the singer reveals his struggle to write and reconnect with the world after the tragedy.'
1 Tales Travel a Road of Rock and Soul Mark Mordue , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 May 2016; (p. 19)

— Review of Road Series Hugo Race , 2016 single work autobiography
1 A Letter for the Emperor i "It's autumn, and the morning light is scratched", Mark Mordue , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 75 no. 2 2016; (p. 193-194)
1 Rock ‘n’ Roll #1 i "R-r-r-r-r-r-rock ‘n’ roll", Mark Mordue , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 76 no. 1 2016;
1 Album Cover i "It must be 3 in the morning", Mark Mordue , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 76 no. 1 2016;
1 The Library of Shadows Mark Mordue , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015;
1 Rock Odyssey Mark Mordue , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 June 2015; (p. 18-19)

— Review of The Sick Bag Song Nick Cave , 2015 selected work poetry autobiography diary essay
'A book written on airline sick bags is Nick Cave’s most personal creation to date, writes Mark Mordue.'
1 Flame of Fire Mark Mordue , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 April 2015; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Sentenced to Life Clive James , 2015 selected work poetry
1 Romeo + Juliet : "Appear Thou in the Likeness of a Sigh . . ." Mark Mordue , 2014 single work interview
— Appears in: Baz Luhrmann : Interviews 2014;
1 To a Hip-Hop Beat, the Beauty of the Streets Mark Mordue , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 July 2014; (p. 18)

— Review of Here Come the Dogs Omar Musa , 2014 single work novel
'Australian-Malaysian rapper, poet and now novelist Omar Musa resists the limitations of genre and ethnicity as he tells Mark Mordue.'
1 y separately published work icon Things That Year Mark Mordue , Sydney : Vagabond Press , 2014 7555972 2014 selected work poetry
1 ‘The Wailing Wall’ Mark Mordue , 2014 single work poetry
1 I Didn't Know Your Eyes Were Blue i "It's possible to forget a lot of things in the fullness of time:", Mark Mordue , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 213 2013; (p. 92)
1 Mayfield Blues i "O man - that concrete powder twilight over Mayfield", Mark Mordue , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 206 2012; (p. 90-91)
1 I'm Thinking of You i "I'm thinking of you", Mark Mordue , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 71 no. 3 2012; (p. 178-179)
1 Crossing Over Mark Mordue , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 70 no. 3 2011; (p. 144-152)
1 'Giving up the Ghost' Mark Mordue , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9 -10 April 2011; (p. 6-8)
Mark Mordue discusses with several creative artists 'the need to negotiate death's place in our lives'.
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