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Notes
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Contents indexed selectively.
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This issue includes some poetry by New Zealand poets.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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The Arabesques of Paradox,
Danielle Wood
(interviewer),
Robert Dessaix
(interviewer),
single work
interview
Editor's note: Robert Dessaix ... has recently published a curious and fascinating book, Arabesques, which blends travel memoir with a life of Andre Gide. Here Robert converses with fellow Tasmanian author Danielle Wood ... Danielle has recently embarked on a nonfiction project which involves researching and writing about Tasmania's housewife superstar Marjorie Bligh. From Bligh to Gide, these two subtle thinkers converse about the joys and complexities of writing 'a life'.
- Random Provocations, single work essay (p. 16-21)
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Coming Clean: Tensions between the Factual and the Fictional in Autobiography,
single work
essay
(p. 22-29)
Note: Includes end notes.
- Nursey Rhymes and Falling Stars, single work autobiography (p. 32-40)
- Washboardi"My mother washed clothes", single work poetry (p. 33-34)
- Blood Plumsi"Fruit of my childhood", single work poetry (p. 37-39)
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Poetry Survey,
single work
review
— Review of A Paddock in His Head 2007 selected work poetry ; Not Finding Wittgenstein 2007 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide 2007 selected work poetry ; Permitted to Fall 2007 selected work poetry ; Vertigo (a Cantata) 2007 selected work poetry ; (p. 42-47) -
Fiction,
single work
review
— Review of The Pages 2008 single work novel ; (p. 48-50) -
Fiction,
single work
review
— Review of The Poet : A Novella 2005 single work novella ; (p. 51-52) -
Nonfiction,
single work
review
— Review of Sydney Journals : Reflections 1970-2000 2008 selected work diary ; (p. 57-59) - Liami"I drive my blade into the fish's anal opening, cutting through", single work poetry (p. 62-63)
- Weather Breaki"Isolated thunderstorms developing.", single work poetry (p. 64)
- A Place the Sea Knowsi"I watch the long fire", single work poetry (p. 70-71)
- Non-Correspondencei"They are trading silences", single work poetry (p. 72-73)
- Unmaking the Inventoryi"The books - thousands of lives, invented mostly,", single work poetry (p. 74-75)
- Happinessi"I hold the leaf, a reed,", single work poetry (p. 76)
- Texturei"the sound of the phone", single work poetry (p. 77-78)
- On Entering the City of Possibilitiesi"Cry a little. People expect it. It will show you are happy to be there.", single work poetry (p. 79)
- The Graves at Saint-Romani"Atop the ancient Saint-Roman monolith", single work poetry (p. 80)
- Happy Hour at The Davisi"From the rooftop garden, by a pool, over the thick rim of an iced,", single work poetry (p. 81-82)
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