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Dedication: To Katharine Margot and to my late parents.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 72 2011; (p. 56)
— Review of Friendly Fire 2005 selected work poetry -
The Lives of Others : Tactics of Encounter and Wandering in Jennifer Maiden's Poetry
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 26 no. 1 2011; (p. 51-68)In' this discussion of Maiden's poetics, Cassidy looks at the way she has 'developed and refined a poetics motivated by her belief in "living out an idea" in poetic form', 'using the idiom of warfare to compare various scenarios of human conflict: from Vietnam to Iraq, and from the White House to the kitchen sink' (p. 51). She shows how Maiden, despite using an extended trope of war 'has continued to suspend the poetic space above political partisanship, through ironic approaches to voice and form, such as parataxis, compounded similes, and pastiche of tone and image. This heightened poetics has provided an enlighteningly self-reflexive enactment of her earliest poems. By demanding that her readers make a decision about how they encounter the poetic space, Maiden's poetry possesses a politics without being political, just as it possesses an ethics without morality.' (p. 68)
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Poet of the Political Takes Age Book of the Year Prize
2006
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— Appears in: The Age , 26 August 2006; (p. 2) -
Life and a Maiden
2006
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— Appears in: The Age , 26 August 2006; (p. 26) -
Heavy Hitters
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 183 2006; (p. 73-77)
— Review of Friendly Fire 2005 selected work poetry ; The Kindly Ones 2005 selected work poetry ; Gateway to the Sphinx 2004 selected work poetry ; Head and Shin 2004 selected work poetry ; The People Singers : The Surfers Paradise Poems 2005 selected work poetry ; Latecomers 2005 selected work poetry ; Avenues and Runways 2005 selected work poetry ; Rattus Rattus : New and Selected Poems 2005 selected work poetry ; Best Bitter 2006 selected work poetry
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Words of Wisdom and Insight
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 December 2005; (p. 26)
— Review of Friendly Fire 2005 selected work poetry ; The New Arcadia 2005 selected work poetry ; Peeling Apples 2005 selected work poetry ; Suburban Anatomy 2005 selected work poetry -
The Way We Live Now
2005-2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 277 2005-2006; (p. 57-58)
— Review of Friendly Fire 2005 selected work poetry -
Public and Private
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 January 2006; (p. 25)
— Review of Friendly Fire 2005 selected work poetry ; Rattus Rattus : New and Selected Poems 2005 selected work poetry -
Heavy Hitters
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 183 2006; (p. 73-77)
— Review of Friendly Fire 2005 selected work poetry ; The Kindly Ones 2005 selected work poetry ; Gateway to the Sphinx 2004 selected work poetry ; Head and Shin 2004 selected work poetry ; The People Singers : The Surfers Paradise Poems 2005 selected work poetry ; Latecomers 2005 selected work poetry ; Avenues and Runways 2005 selected work poetry ; Rattus Rattus : New and Selected Poems 2005 selected work poetry ; Best Bitter 2006 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 72 2011; (p. 56)
— Review of Friendly Fire 2005 selected work poetry -
Life and a Maiden
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 26 August 2006; (p. 26) -
Poet of the Political Takes Age Book of the Year Prize
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 26 August 2006; (p. 2) -
The Lives of Others : Tactics of Encounter and Wandering in Jennifer Maiden's Poetry
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 26 no. 1 2011; (p. 51-68)In' this discussion of Maiden's poetics, Cassidy looks at the way she has 'developed and refined a poetics motivated by her belief in "living out an idea" in poetic form', 'using the idiom of warfare to compare various scenarios of human conflict: from Vietnam to Iraq, and from the White House to the kitchen sink' (p. 51). She shows how Maiden, despite using an extended trope of war 'has continued to suspend the poetic space above political partisanship, through ironic approaches to voice and form, such as parataxis, compounded similes, and pastiche of tone and image. This heightened poetics has provided an enlighteningly self-reflexive enactment of her earliest poems. By demanding that her readers make a decision about how they encounter the poetic space, Maiden's poetry possesses a politics without being political, just as it possesses an ethics without morality.' (p. 68)
Awards
- 2006 winner The Age Book of the Year Award — Book of the Year
- 2006 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Prize for Poetry
- 2006 winner The Age Book of the Year Award — Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize
- 2006 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — John Bray Award for Poetry