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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
This selection of Rowland's work spans the period living on the south coast of New South Wales, the three years she spent in New Zealand (1978-1980), and her subsequent return to Australia. (Source: back cover)
Notes
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Epigraph: No one sleeps in this room without / the dream of a common language. / Adrienne Rich
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Comprised of five numbered sections: Section 1 (pp. 2-14), Section 2 (pp. 16-27), Section 3 (pp. 30-42), Section 4 (pp. [44]-61), Section 5 (pp. 64-89).
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Longman Cheshire
, 1982 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Those Other Timesi"There is a lack of austerity now", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Returning Homei"When he'd finished with the war", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Aftermathi"The photo is in Life.", single work poetry (p. 4)
- This Generationi"Where will you go now?", single work poetry (p. 5)
- In the Washroomi"I wait,", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Guilti"The family stood", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Portraiti"She looks at me now", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Constructioni"Medium height;", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- Sorting Outi"They all came.", single work poetry (p. 11)
- The Inheritorsi"On my twelfth birthday", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- End of the Line?i"My body questions me", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Edgesi"Women know it.", single work poetry (p. 16)
- The Final Voyagei"Tall trees", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Glenn Myrtlei"Once it cut-a-dash", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Beside the Neti"This net", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- The Visitori"In the middle of", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Progressi"She doesn't use the rotary line.", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Afterdeathi"We watch the wooden box,", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Celebrationi"Bodies thrust and weave", single work poetry (p. 25)
- One Timei"Where is she now,", single work poetry (p. 26)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 43 no. 3 1984; (p. 460-462)
— Review of A Flag for the Wind 1982 selected work poetry ; Filigree in Blood 1982 selected work poetry ; Love Laughing among the Trees 1982 selected work poetry -
Poetry: The Quick Change Art of Emotion
1983
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 30 April 1983; (p. 12) -
Poems of Place
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 July 1983; (p. 12)
— Review of Witch Heart 1982 selected work poetry ; Love Laughing among the Trees 1982 selected work poetry ; Filigree in Blood 1982 selected work poetry ; A Flag for the Wind 1982 selected work poetry -
Poetry in Dark Times
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , March vol. 28 no. 1 1983; (p. 90-93)
— Review of The Cold Front 1983 selected work poetry ; On the Tip of My Tongue : Poems 1983 selected work poetry ; Love Laughing among the Trees 1982 selected work poetry ; The Caught Sky 1982 selected work poetry ; A Flag for the Wind 1982 selected work poetry ; Filigree in Blood 1982 selected work poetry -
The Pursuit of Risk
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Spring no. 16 1983; (p. 45-47)
— Review of When Sunday Comes 1982 selected work poetry ; Filigree in Blood 1982 selected work poetry ; Heaven of Rags : 40 Poems 1978-1981 1982 selected work poetry ; Witch Heart 1982 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1982 selected work poetry
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The Pursuit of Risk
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Spring no. 16 1983; (p. 45-47)
— Review of When Sunday Comes 1982 selected work poetry ; Filigree in Blood 1982 selected work poetry ; Heaven of Rags : 40 Poems 1978-1981 1982 selected work poetry ; Witch Heart 1982 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1982 selected work poetry -
Poetry in Dark Times
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , March vol. 28 no. 1 1983; (p. 90-93)
— Review of The Cold Front 1983 selected work poetry ; On the Tip of My Tongue : Poems 1983 selected work poetry ; Love Laughing among the Trees 1982 selected work poetry ; The Caught Sky 1982 selected work poetry ; A Flag for the Wind 1982 selected work poetry ; Filigree in Blood 1982 selected work poetry -
Poems of Place
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 July 1983; (p. 12)
— Review of Witch Heart 1982 selected work poetry ; Love Laughing among the Trees 1982 selected work poetry ; Filigree in Blood 1982 selected work poetry ; A Flag for the Wind 1982 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 43 no. 3 1984; (p. 460-462)
— Review of A Flag for the Wind 1982 selected work poetry ; Filigree in Blood 1982 selected work poetry ; Love Laughing among the Trees 1982 selected work poetry -
Poetry: The Quick Change Art of Emotion
1983
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 30 April 1983; (p. 12)
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