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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Thalia: New and Selected Poems
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Notes

  • Epigraphs:

    'Don't let the bastards re-tell our history' - Joe Napora

    'To the daring belongs the future' - Emma Goldman The Blast 1916

  • The concrete poems in this collection are each of a single page image and are based on the written characters of shorthand.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Collective Effort Press , 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Literaturei"concrete poem", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 7)
Untitledi"the plastic vice is being held up by a garden hose.", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 8)
Overturei"overRunoverRankoverRuleoverCast", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 9)
The Pol-lit-ikal Gamei"the dim kitchen, the stool holding coffee cups", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Intimidationi"the door to her office is open", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Fraud Squadi"concrete poem", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 14)
ID Cardsi"get yourself an identity hold a card", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 15)
Tenosynovitisi"Work!", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Note: With title: Tenosynovitis - R.S.I.
Melcentral Metropolisi"It's an icon of profit making efficiency", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Easey Sti"At the mouth of the freeway", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Countryi"concrete poem", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 22)
Untitledi"That the empty sale yards have been discarded", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 23)
13 to a Dozeni"there are 13 to a dozen kangaroo miles to a", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Genocidei"concrete poem", 'Thalia' , single work (p. 26)
Untitledi"What would it do to your brain", 'Thalia' , single work poetry
Although not explicitly mentioning Aboriginal Australians, the poem draws on the trope of 'a vanishing people'.
(p. 27)
Metre by Metrei"it starts as a rumble in the distance", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Flowersi"concrete poem", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 31)
The Beati"She walks the street corner", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 32-35)
Feminist Historiographyi"concrete poem", 'Thalia' , single work (p. 36)
Untitledi"Was it you that screamed at the mirror", 'Thalia' , single work poetry (p. 37)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Untitled Siobhan Christian , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Scarp , October no. 35 1999; (p. 60)

— Review of Thalia: New and Selected Poems 'Thalia' , 1998 selected work poetry
Paying Tribute Michael Costigan , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 214 1999; (p. 37-38)

— Review of Dedications S. C. Harrex , 1999 selected work poetry ; Thalia: New and Selected Poems 'Thalia' , 1998 selected work poetry
Paying Tribute Michael Costigan , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 214 1999; (p. 37-38)

— Review of Dedications S. C. Harrex , 1999 selected work poetry ; Thalia: New and Selected Poems 'Thalia' , 1998 selected work poetry
Untitled Siobhan Christian , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Scarp , October no. 35 1999; (p. 60)

— Review of Thalia: New and Selected Poems 'Thalia' , 1998 selected work poetry
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