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Rita Tognini Rita Tognini i(A8578 works by)
Born: Established:
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Italy,
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Italian
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1 Why the Imperative Makes Me Moody i "BRACE!", Rita Tognini , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , September no. 54 2021;
1 Shanghai Suite i "East to West", Rita Tognini , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , September no. 54 2021;
1 Change Management Rita Tognini , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , September 2021;
1 Purple i "Purple once was the colour of imperium,", Rita Tognini , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , September no. 50 2020;
1 Finale i "Fleeing", Rita Tognini , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , June no. 49 2020;
1 Mutation i "I see them as I drive across the bridge", Rita Tognini , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , March no. 48 2020;
1 Incendiary i "I spend my time", Rita Tognini , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , March no. 48 2020;
1 Emily Dickinson Chooses— i "in her father’s house", Rita Tognini , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 65 no. 2 2020; (p. 156)
1 Miroslav Holub or 7496 i "Miroslav", Rita Tognini , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2020; (p. 76-77)
1 In the Novelist’s Lunchbox i "nested within the tartan cooler", Rita Tognini , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Writ Poetry Review , February no. 4 2020;

Author's note:

About the poem:

This descriptive poem is meant to be somewhat tongue-in-cheek. The stimulus for the poem was the lunch break during a whole day workshop.  Participants and presenters, including the novelist in question, lunched together, each exhibiting what they had brought to eat from home. I was struck by precise packaging of the novelist’s lunch, and the way the super-healthy contents of the lunch were laid out – in contrast to my own sloppily made and wrapped roll of salami, peanut paste and cheese.  This led me to wonder if the features of the lunch reflected the care, order and control with which the novelist approached the task of novel writing.
1 Sing a Song of Syllables i "Some languages", Rita Tognini , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , December no. 47 2019;
1 Bête Noire i "Folk say ‘bruscietta’ for bruschetta,", Rita Tognini , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , June no. 45 2019;
1 Stand-off i "The Prague crowd jostles a tank–", Rita Tognini , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 November no. 93 2019;
1 In the Belly of the Whale i "If Jonah’s whale swallowed an ocean liner", Rita Tognini , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , May no. 91 2019;
1 Musicology (of Sorts) from A-Z i "Albinoni probably didn’t pen his adagio. There’s the rub.", Rita Tognini , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , December no. 43 2018;
1 Cambridge Walkabout i "That little creek", Rita Tognini , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , December no. 43 2018;
1 Port Arthur’s Visitors, 1993 i "We came by car, stopping for sights:", Rita Tognini , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , September no. 42 2018;
1 Nanjing Fall i "I broke my wrist in Nanjing,", Rita Tognini , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , June no. 41 2018;
1 Automotive Limbo i "Not the boot, I cry.", Rita Tognini , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , June no. 41 2018;
1 The Upright and the Fallen i "What did you do in the war, artist?", Rita Tognini , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Creatrix , March no. 40 2018;
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