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Nathan Curnow Nathan Curnow i(A84334 works by)
Born: Established: 1975 Streaky Bay, Streaky Bay area, Northwest Eyre Peninsula, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, ;
Gender: Male
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1 An Expansive Kind of Calm : Nathan Curnow Launches ‘In This Part of the World’ by Kevin Brophy Nathan Curnow , 2020 single work review essay
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , November no. 30 2020;

'It’s my honour to say a few words about Kevin’s In This Part of the World, which could be the very best part of the world to be in right now. So if you’re desperate to get out and about, I suggest you get into this book. It’s a world filled with parrots, finches, kingfishers, flamingos, and butcher birds with ‘ganged up shoulders that unshrug to wings’. There are possums, moths, trees of surrender, and two brown horses who are ‘hay dreaming souls clipping up the drive’.' (Introduction)

1 The Lifeguard i "I'm scanning the pool thinking about Jesse James", Nathan Curnow , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2020; (p. 30-31)
1 Corpse Fete i "the corpse selling kisses at the kissing booth", Nathan Curnow , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Solid Air : Australian and New Zealand Spoken Word 2019; (p. 55)
1 Longing i "It is simple to dwell on loss,", Nathan Curnow , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 157 2019; (p. 62)
1 Nothing in Disguise i "When the Devil takes our names", Nathan Curnow , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , February 2019;
1 The Leaving Poem i "pack it all up, my love", Nathan Curnow , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , February 2019;
1 K to N Kevin Brophy , Nathan Curnow , 2018 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , November vol. 8 no. 2 2018;

'In 2016 Kevin Brophy and Nathan Curnow began a correspondence, Kevin living in the remote Aboriginal community of Mulan in the Kimberley region, Nathan living in Ballarat, Victoria. This is an excerpt from a year of letters exchanging views and ideas about poetry, teaching, creativity and failure. The correspondence continues.'    (Introduction)

1 Lament #31 Nathan Curnow , Jen Lush (composer), 2017 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: The Night's Insomnia 2017;
1 Giving Up i "Giving up is such a long, slow slide,", Nathan Curnow , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 76 no. 3 2017; (p. 12)
1 The Ship Nathan Curnow , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Verity La , August 2017;
1 Hook i "I discovered a bird with a hook in its mouth,", Nathan Curnow , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May vol. 80 no. 2017;
1 3 y separately published work icon The Apocalypse Awards Nathan Curnow , North Melbourne : Arcadia , 2016 9696598 2016 selected work poetry

'The Apocalypse Awards represents an exciting change in direction of Nathan Curnow’s award winning poetic voice. Inspired by the absurdity of the modern world, this new work charts our collective obsession with the end times, the horror and humour of our folly.' (Source: Readings website)

1 Reply to a Father from a Federal Member i "explain to your kids", Nathan Curnow , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Writing to the Wire 2016; (p. 165)
1 [Launch] Carmen Leigh Keates' Meteorites Nathan Curnow , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , December no. 6 2016;
1 Swimming (My Lane) i "The bug is in my lane, drowning fast", Nathan Curnow , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2016 2016; (p. 47)
1 Duel i "waking again with their hands around their throats", Nathan Curnow , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2015; Meanjin , vol. 74 no. 2 2015; (p. 161)
1 Beacon i "And there again across the bay, firing", Nathan Curnow , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2015; Meanjin , vol. 74 no. 2 2015; (p. 160)
1 Watertower Nathan Curnow , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings , April no. 21 2015; (p. 117-121)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Right Wrong Notes Nathan Curnow , Australia Macao : Flying Island Books , 2015 10649119 2015 selected work poetry

'The Right Wrong Notes is a selection of poems from my three collections: No Other Life But This, The Ghost Poetry Project (based on my stays at ten haunted sites around Australia), and RADAR. Also including some more recent pieces, this collection represents fifteen years of writing about family, fear and love, with Dan Disney describing the poems as 'suffused with sensuality and sense-making but also, most importantly, generosity.' (Source : Author's website)

1 Cassowary i "a leaf goes spinning to the forest floor", Nathan Curnow , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 138 2014; (p. 92)
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