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Dedication: For Deanna H.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Kew,
Camberwell - Kew area,
Melbourne - Inner South,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Pariah Press
, 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The High Price of Travellingi"Even though our eyes are bruised", single work poetry (p. 6)
- The Whole Year Travelling (for Paul Pacino, Thailand)i"`I've been trying to say this for years", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Hungeri"Some of the men cry, and many of the women", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Epic Redi"Light up the red sky", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- `Stroke of the Eye'i"A woman with beans works", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Burning Poemi"You can burn a book but a poem is", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Death by Drowningi"25 years' culture and girls in string bikinis", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The Weight of Freedomi"Though I did not know you, or your daughters,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Talking Headsi"On a walkway between twin towers", single work poetry (p. 15)
- ---Si"The --- begins to fall,", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Waitingi"saturday night and", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Report on the Ministersi"The day will be mainly fine, with only occasional showers,", single work poetry (p. 18)
- The English Garden (for Howard Felperin)i"A garden or a book, untended, goes on", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Of Clouds and Levi-Straussi"Alas, how is't with you", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Floating on Wateri"At the circular quay huge wooden posts, formerly the trunks of", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Big Orchestra, single work prose (p. 22-23)
- X=X, single work prose (p. 24-27)
- Days Dressed in Dream and Black Wire (Dedicated to Frank Kavanagh, Died 27 January 1984)i"In the heartland the hills move.", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- Our Winter Solsticei"grandfather was dying", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Our Life in the Prophecy of E.B. Whitei"`This place was once a potato field;", single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Stephen J. Williams: Interview
Elizabeth Perkins
(interviewer),
1987
single work
interview
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 15 no. 3 1987; (p. 10-17) -
Small, Poignant Details of Hell
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 31 January-1 February 1987; (p. 16)
— Review of A Crowd of Voices 1985 selected work poetry short story -
Mordant and Threatening Behind the Bright Detail
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 September 1986; (p. 48)
— Review of The Bird-Man 1984 selected work poetry ; Smiling into the Snapshot Future 1985 selected work poetry ; Singers and Winners : Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; A Crowd of Voices 1985 selected work poetry short story -
No Doctorate in Obscurity Required : Poetry from the Small Presses
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 83 1986; (p. 26-28)
— Review of Slices of Wry 1985 selected work poetry ; Smiling into the Snapshot Future 1985 selected work poetry ; The Cast Changes : Poems 1985 selected work poetry ; Universe Cat 1985 selected work poetry ; A Crowd of Voices 1985 selected work poetry short story -
Some Recent Australian Poetry : More Than Cultural Afterglow
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 30 no. 1-2 1986; (p. 128-130)
— Review of The One True History 1984 selected work poetry ; Children of the Dragon 1985 selected work poetry ; The Flower Industry 1985 selected work poetry ; The Kelly Haiku and Other Widdershin Tracks 1985 selected work poetry ; A Crowd of Voices 1985 selected work poetry short story ; Poem of Thanksgiving and Other Poems 1985 anthology poetry ; The Refinery 1985 selected work poetry ; Selective Affinities : New Poems 1985 selected work poetry ; The Dragon Tree : A Selection of Poems 1985 selected work poetry
-
Some Recent Australian Poetry : More Than Cultural Afterglow
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 30 no. 1-2 1986; (p. 128-130)
— Review of The One True History 1984 selected work poetry ; Children of the Dragon 1985 selected work poetry ; The Flower Industry 1985 selected work poetry ; The Kelly Haiku and Other Widdershin Tracks 1985 selected work poetry ; A Crowd of Voices 1985 selected work poetry short story ; Poem of Thanksgiving and Other Poems 1985 anthology poetry ; The Refinery 1985 selected work poetry ; Selective Affinities : New Poems 1985 selected work poetry ; The Dragon Tree : A Selection of Poems 1985 selected work poetry -
No Doctorate in Obscurity Required : Poetry from the Small Presses
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 83 1986; (p. 26-28)
— Review of Slices of Wry 1985 selected work poetry ; Smiling into the Snapshot Future 1985 selected work poetry ; The Cast Changes : Poems 1985 selected work poetry ; Universe Cat 1985 selected work poetry ; A Crowd of Voices 1985 selected work poetry short story -
Betwixt Game and Earnest
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , December no. 101 1985; (p. 91-92)
— Review of Adamson's Three Legged World 1985 selected work poetry ; The Flower Industry 1985 selected work poetry ; Universe Cat 1985 selected work poetry ; A Crowd of Voices 1985 selected work poetry short story -
Mordant and Threatening Behind the Bright Detail
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 September 1986; (p. 48)
— Review of The Bird-Man 1984 selected work poetry ; Smiling into the Snapshot Future 1985 selected work poetry ; Singers and Winners : Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; A Crowd of Voices 1985 selected work poetry short story -
Mattara: Pastorals, Not Politics
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 November 1985; (p. B3)
— Review of Poem of Thanksgiving and Other Poems 1985 anthology poetry ; The Kelly Haiku and Other Widdershin Tracks 1985 selected work poetry ; A Crowd of Voices 1985 selected work poetry short story -
Stephen J. Williams: Interview
Elizabeth Perkins
(interviewer),
1987
single work
interview
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 15 no. 3 1987; (p. 10-17)
Awards
- 1986 winner ASAL Awards — Mary Gilmore Award for a First Book of Poetry
- 1986 winner Anne Elder Award
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