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Luke Beesley Luke Beesley i(A68544 works by) (a.k.a. New Archer)
Also writes as: 'Act. Cotton Malley' ; 'A. Malley'
Born: Established: 1975 Brisbane, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
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Four Types of Light Luke Beesley , sequence poetry
Four Types of Light II Luke Beesley , sequence poetry
1 'Scroll Down, You Deserve It' : Stretching and Renewing Language Luke Beesley , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 438 2021; (p. 53-54)
— Review of Obligations of Voice Anne Elvey , 2021 selected work poetry ; Astroturfing for Spring D. J. Huppatz , 2021 selected work poetry ; Slow Walk Home Young Dawkins , 2021 selected work poetry
1 Undone by a Petrol Clamour i "We swept the fence. My arm was a parachute cannon, nudging the higher", Luke Beesley , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 80 no. 4 2021;
1 Riot of Spring i "I’ve been reflecting on this: that I could write a novel in fragments, each", Luke Beesley , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 11 no. 1 2021; (p. 45)
1 Albedo i "The aeroplane twitched away from my window.", Luke Beesley , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17 April 2021; (p. 15) The Weekend Australian , 11 September 2021; (p. 18)
1 It Must Have Been Moonglow : Three Luminous New Collections Luke Beesley , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January–February no. 428 2021; (p. 53-54)
— Review of Wild Curious Air Jill Jones , 2020 selected work poetry ; Dead Bolt Ella Jeffery , 2020 selected work poetry ; Salute Ken Bolton , 2019 selected work poetry
1 What I’m Reading Luke Beesley , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2020;
1 Audible i "The camera panned up away from our conversation and fixed on a", Luke Beesley , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry 2020; (p. 29)
1 'A Universal Hum' : Three New Poetry Collections Luke Beesley , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 422 2020; (p. 53-54)
— Review of God is Waiting in the World’s Yard M. T. C. Cronin , 2019 selected work poetry ; Element : The Atomic Weight and Radius of Love Jordie Albiston , 2020 selected work poetry ; Family Trees Michael Farrell , 2020 selected work poetry

'If I were to make gauche generalisations about the poetics of MTC Cronin, Jordie Albiston, and Michael Farrell, I might respectively write conceptual, technical, and experimental. But these established poets – each in their fifties, highly regarded – display fluency with all these descriptors, especially in their latest books.' (Introduction)
1 Luke Beesley Reviews California Sweet by Kent MacCarter Luke Beesley , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , August 2019;
— Review of California Sweet Kent MacCarter , 2018 selected work poetry
1 Release of Lips i "The eye pencil which I wrote this with papered over a smooth passage for the actual lie-narrative.", Luke Beesley , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Stilts , September no. 5 2019;
1 2 y separately published work icon Aqua Spinach Luke Beesley , Artarmon : Giramondo Publishing , 2018 13866474 2018 selected work poetry

'Aqua Spinach rounds out a trilogy of books interested in the affinities between poetry and other media – visual arts, music, and particularly in this collection, cinema. The poems in Aqua Spinach blend observation, memory and anecdote, producing surrealistic imagery as they pivot and twist from image to image. They are infused with the atmosphere of surrealist cinema, mimicking the films’ focus on dreams, fragments and humour, while also speaking to the author's quotidian Melbourne milieu.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 White Lines on Pink i "I arrived by the pink bark-stripped eucalyptus tree last Sunday", Luke Beesley , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 152 2018; (p. 47)
1 Comet Luke Beesley , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 77 no. 2 2018;
1 Woof i "Hopper aqua aqueduct innocent and messy in his lunch, Lynch wipes", Luke Beesley , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain : An Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics , August vol. 4 no. 2 2017;
1 The Impulse Story i "Say everytime it's the classic jazz poem's repeat. And you", Luke Beesley , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 22 2017; (p. 48-49)
1 A Hat i "I had been walking for 10-15 mins without a hat. Inside the hat", Luke Beesley , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , November vol. 83 no. 2017;
1 Syndromes and a Century i "Don’t star/t anything. Keep your _and", Luke Beesley , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter vol. 227 no. 2017; (p. 57)
1 Spotless i "To try and write say like Mallarmé ah malted tie anodyne or", Luke Beesley , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter vol. 227 no. 2017; (p. 56)
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