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The poems in general tend to be bivocal impressions of working class lives, taking on the emotional baggage of a live setting. -- Pi O (extract from back cover)
Notes
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Published separately in booklet form and also as part of anthology.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Wollongong,
Wollongong area,
Illawarra,
South Coast,
New South Wales,:Five Islands Press
, 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Manor 1i"Thumping footballs and", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Council Estate Cholerici"Dave just wants you all", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Dave : Neighbourhood Watchi"Legging it down the market", single work poetry (p. 6-8)
- Bringing Me Downi"Rachel doesn't have to talk", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Heritagei"This kid has his mother's blond hair", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Socialisingi"No I don't want to", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Welcomei"Curtains twitch", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- The Manor 2i"The bookie in a camel hair", single work poetry (p. 12)
- ...Some Get Up and Goi"Rachel does her moaning", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Rachel : Time Well Spenti"The tick of that clock", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Companyi"standing with my ticket in the queue", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Becoming One of Themi"There was always a chance", single work poetry (p. 16)
- The Manor 3i"Standing on the steps", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Melancholy Muckeri"Anne has sat in this room", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Anne : Liei"What do I see in this face?", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Enemy Linesi"I remember when me and Dave", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Intimacyi"What is it Anne? Rachel twitters", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Framei"She places her palm", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Life in Boatsi"Looking across to the reservoir", single work poetry (p. 21)
- What a Rotten Songi"She won't listen", single work poetry (p. 22)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Still More Fine New Poets from Five Islands
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , May vol. 20 no. 2 2001; (p. 62)
— Review of Hope in Hell 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions 2000 selected work poetry ; The Dogs 2000 selected work poetry ; Why I Am Not A Farmer 2000 selected work poetry -
Working Class Poets
2001
sequence
correspondence
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 163 2001; (p. 81-83) Attfield's reply, made at the invitation of Overland's poetry editor Pam Brown, to a review of her book, together with Brown's response. -
Dark Mirrors : New Poetry
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 162 2001; (p. 109-11)
— Review of Knifing the Ice : Poems 2000 selected work poetry ; Hope in Hell 2000 selected work poetry ; Blood Relations 2000 selected work poetry ; The Midday Clock : selected poems and Drawings 1999 selected work poetry ; Every Night They Dance 2000 selected work poetry ; Hijacked to the Underworld 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions 2000 selected work poetry ; The Dogs 2000 selected work poetry ; Landscape with Shadows : Possibilities of Being 1998 selected work poetry drama prose ; Fatherlands 2000 selected work poetry ; Pirouetting on a Precipice : Poems of the Blue and White Mountains 2000 selected work poetry ; Be Straight with Me 2000 selected work poetry -
Six New Poets
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 225 2000; (p. 54-55)
— Review of Fatherlands 2000 selected work poetry ; Why I Am Not A Farmer 2000 selected work poetry ; Hope in Hell 2000 selected work poetry ; The Dogs 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions 2000 selected work poetry -
Tapping the Deep Well
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 27 no. 2 2000; (p. 80-84)
— Review of New Poets Series : Series 7 2000 series - publisher poetry ; The Dogs 2000 selected work poetry ; Hope in Hell 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions 2000 selected work poetry ; Fatherlands 2000 selected work poetry ; Why I Am Not A Farmer 2000 selected work poetry
-
Tapping the Deep Well
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 27 no. 2 2000; (p. 80-84)
— Review of New Poets Series : Series 7 2000 series - publisher poetry ; The Dogs 2000 selected work poetry ; Hope in Hell 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions 2000 selected work poetry ; Fatherlands 2000 selected work poetry ; Why I Am Not A Farmer 2000 selected work poetry -
Dark Mirrors : New Poetry
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 162 2001; (p. 109-11)
— Review of Knifing the Ice : Poems 2000 selected work poetry ; Hope in Hell 2000 selected work poetry ; Blood Relations 2000 selected work poetry ; The Midday Clock : selected poems and Drawings 1999 selected work poetry ; Every Night They Dance 2000 selected work poetry ; Hijacked to the Underworld 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions 2000 selected work poetry ; The Dogs 2000 selected work poetry ; Landscape with Shadows : Possibilities of Being 1998 selected work poetry drama prose ; Fatherlands 2000 selected work poetry ; Pirouetting on a Precipice : Poems of the Blue and White Mountains 2000 selected work poetry ; Be Straight with Me 2000 selected work poetry -
Six New Poets
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 225 2000; (p. 54-55)
— Review of Fatherlands 2000 selected work poetry ; Why I Am Not A Farmer 2000 selected work poetry ; Hope in Hell 2000 selected work poetry ; The Dogs 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions 2000 selected work poetry -
Still More Fine New Poets from Five Islands
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , May vol. 20 no. 2 2001; (p. 62)
— Review of Hope in Hell 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions 2000 selected work poetry ; The Dogs 2000 selected work poetry ; Why I Am Not A Farmer 2000 selected work poetry -
Working Class Poets
2001
sequence
correspondence
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 163 2001; (p. 81-83) Attfield's reply, made at the invitation of Overland's poetry editor Pam Brown, to a review of her book, together with Brown's response.
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