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Richard James Allen Richard James Allen i(A59256 works by) (a.k.a. Richard Allen)
Also writes as: Richard Allan
Born: Established: 1960 Kempsey, Kempsey area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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The Way Out at Last Cycle Richard James Allen , series - author
1 Disposable i "he plucked out each day", Richard James Allen , single work poetry
1 1 y separately published work icon More Lies Richard James Allen , Brisbane : Interactive Publications , 2021 22476775 2021 single work novella humour thriller 'More Lies is a highly referential comedy thriller about a writer being held hostage in their own apartment and forced to type to hide the manoeuvres of a femme fatale, holding a pearl-handled gun, and her brother, a small-time thug with big-time ambitions. This wild tale about assassination, lost gold, betrayal, passion and identity theft engages the reader in the many layers of the author's witty but deceptive journey. Through a series of lies, backflips and alternative versions of the tale, the author moves from being a trapped hack, forced to prostitute themselves, to dazzling the world with the acrobatics of their imagination, to the heart of the matter: storytelling is all that is keeping them alive.' (Publication summary)
1 Click Here to Allow This Poem to Access Your Location i "I couldn’t lasso it", Richard James Allen , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 24 no. 2 2020;
1 A Connection to the Landscape: Richard James Allen Launches ‘Sandpaper Swimming – Going After Burke & Wills’ by George Watt Richard James Allen , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , September no. 29 2020;
— Review of Sandpaper Swimming – Going After Burke & Wills George Watt , 2019 selected work poetry
1 Force Majeure i "As per our agreement, I have", Richard James Allen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: StylusLit , March no. 5 2019;
1 It's Saturday Night in Almost Any City around the World and i "mostly I find myself", Richard James Allen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2019; (p. 26)
1 In the 24-hour Glow i "It is less than 24 hours", Richard James Allen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , March no. 23 2019;
1 5 y separately published work icon The Short Story of You and I Richard James Allen , Nedlands : UWA Publishing , 2019 15423852 2019 selected work poetry

'From long narrative lines to fine-boned, lyrical loops and ties that bind these poems into place, Richard James Allen has taken risks with language that mark this as his most adventurous and significant book to date. --Anthony Lawrence

'Allen's subject is being itself, and the way our biological and mental dimensions interact, with human intelligence and love being the unifying forces for this interaction. --Adam Aitken' (Publication summary)

1 Study for an Untitled Landscape i "What do we do?", Richard James Allen , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hope for Whole : Poets Speak up to Adani 2018; (p. 94)
1 Door i "What he liked about it was that it was unlocked.", Richard James Allen , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Otoliths , 1 May no. 45 2017;
1 A Machine to Delete the Now i "I’ll email you my alibi", Richard James Allen , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: StylusLit , March no. 1 2017;
1 Schlafwagen und Wunderkammer i "you are on the night train to Vienna", Richard James Allen , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , May 2016;
1 The Floating Upanishad i "“Who knows the truth?", Richard James Allen , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , December no. 6 2016;
1 Visitants Richard James Allen , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Grieve : Stories and Poems for Grief Awareness Month 2016 2016;
1 Special Emptiness Richard James Allen , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Grieve : Stories and Poems for Grief Awareness Month 2016 2016;
1 The Person from Poetry i "And so the person from poetry comes calling again", Richard James Allen , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 60 no. 2 2015; (p. 10)
1 The School of Trees i "You learn more from trees than from people.", Richard James Allen , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain : An Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics , September vol. 2 no. 2 2015;
1 An Aria, before the Requiem i "As much as we have to begin", Richard James Allen , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Writ. Poetry Review , September no. 3 2015;
1 The Longest River i "we ride it for a while", Richard James Allen , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Guide to Sydney Rivers 2015; (p. 30)
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