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Dedication: For Charles and Barbara Blackman
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Epigraph: L'ENFANT. C'est toi, chat, que tu es grand et terrible: tu parles aussi, sans doute? LE CHAT. Khhht! (Colette: L'enfant et les sortileges)
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A Taste of Salt Water was awarded the Sir Thomas White Memorial Prize in 1967.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Dance of Form: The Poetry of Thomas W. Shapcott
1972
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Spring vol. 31 no. 3 1972; (p. 300-307) -
Wanted : A Past
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , February no. 20 1968; (p. 39-42)
— Review of Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South 1967 selected work poetry ; Understandings : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; The Rebel General 1967 selected work poetry ; A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry -
[Review] A Taste of Salt Water [et al]
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 28 no. 1 1968; (p. 69-74)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South 1967 selected work poetry ; Frozen Section 1967 selected work poetry -
Poems Here and There
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , October no. 3 1968; (p. 52-57)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl 1967 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel 1967 selected work poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems Soft and Loud 1967 selected work poetry -
The Look of Australian Poetry in 1967
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Winter vol. 27 no. 2 1968; (p. 171-183)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; The Other Half : Poems 1966 selected work poetry ; The Rebel General 1967 selected work poetry ; The Dolphin 1967 selected work poetry ; Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South 1967 selected work poetry ; Eyewitness : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; A Window at Night 1967 selected work poetry ; East of Living 1967 selected work poetry
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[Review] A Taste of Salt Water
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 November 1967; (p. 21)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry -
[Review] A Taste of Salt Water [et al]
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 October 1967; (p. 14)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel 1967 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 1967 selected work poetry -
Growth of a Poet
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 14 October 1967; (p. 15)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry -
[Review] A Taste of Salt Water
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: Twentieth Century , vol. 22 no. 1967-1968; (p. 379-381)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry -
[Review] A Taste of Salt Water [and] An Island South
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 November 1967; (p. 13)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South 1967 selected work poetry -
The Dance of Form: The Poetry of Thomas W. Shapcott
1972
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Spring vol. 31 no. 3 1972; (p. 300-307)
Awards
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