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In Ghostly Subjects, Maria Takolander applies her unflinching gaze to topics ranging from the Madrid train bombings to sex dolls, from domestic violence to poetry readings, and from love games to cosmetics. The world portrayed in this striking collection is intensely uncanny and rendered with a distinctive precision of language and vision. (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: To David McCooey, for giving me so much, including poetry.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire,
c
England,c
c
United Kingdom (UK),c
Western Europe,
Europe,:Salt Publishing
, 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- Geography Lessonsi"How a mountain can forsake you for the sky,", single work poetry (p. 3)
- 1. Dayi"These starlings above the railway line", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Driving by the You Yangs, sequence poetry (p. 4-5)
- 2. Night, single work poetry (p. 5)
- Euphoriai"It is this sky sickness", single work poetry (p. 6)
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Tableauxi"I could have imagined the crabs;",
single work
poetry
(p. 7-8)
Note:
Note:
Dedication: For Charlie Quarrell
With first line: I might have imagined the crabs;
- Finland : Fablesi"In the forests there were swamps that swallowed the violence of horses, the whiteness of their eyes", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Peace Be With You (and Also With You)i"We are waiting for the avalanche:", single work poetry (p. 10)
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Tidesi"Entire oceans don't know what to do.",
single work
poetry
(p. 11)
Note: Author's note: Re Spain 2004
- Ghost Storyi"Under a night sky as immense as sleep.", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Stormi"Dreams don't happen like this,", single work poetry (p. 12-14)
- Seasonal, sequence poetry (p. 15)
- Summeri"In the evening time slows down like a peacock,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Springi"Things quicken with indefinable longing,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Winteri"The whiteness of snow conjures up its own shadows,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Autumni"Gulls hang in shiff wind like glass figurines.", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Canasta for Loversi"Hold the hearts close to your heart:", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Minimalism and the Abstracti"je ne sais quoi", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Epithalamiumi"I left like a Triffid from a suburban dead room.", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Satellitesi"Close your eyes and", single work poetry (p. 22)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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In the End, It's Our Fears that Shape Us
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 24 no. 2 2010; (p. 208-209)
— Review of Ghostly Subjects 2009 selected work poetry -
Poetry Survey
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 123 2010; (p. 50-56)
— Review of Theatre 2008 selected work poetry ; La, La, La 2009 selected work poetry ; Vanishing Point 2009 selected work poetry ; Ghostly Subjects 2009 selected work poetry -
Annual Poetry Review 2009-2010
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 21-38)
— Review of Ghostly Subjects 2009 selected work poetry ; Moments of Perfect Poise 2008 selected work poetry ; Parts of Us 2010 selected work poetry ; Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Taller When Prone 2010 selected work poetry ; Grass Notes 2009 selected work poetry ; Storm and Honey 2009 selected work poetry ; White Lines (Vertical) 2010 selected work poetry ; Folk Tunes 2009 selected work poetry ; Piano Hill 2009 selected work poetry ; Birds in Mind 2008 single work poetry ; Apples with Human Skin 2009 selected work poetry ; The Pallbearer's Garden 2008 selected work poetry ; A Tight Circle 2008 selected work poetry ; Letters 2009 selected work poetry ; Beautiful Waste : Poems by David McComb 2009 selected work poetry -
Hint of Horror but It Adds Up
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 February 2010; (p. 37)
— Review of Apples with Human Skin 2009 selected work poetry ; Ghostly Subjects 2009 selected work poetry -
'The Gently Ravenous'
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 318 2010; (p. 58)
— Review of Ghostly Subjects 2009 selected work poetry
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Sophistication, Directness in Impressive First Collections
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 January 2010; (p. 18)
— Review of Ghostly Subjects 2009 selected work poetry ; Little Bit Long Time 2009 selected work poetry -
'The Gently Ravenous'
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 318 2010; (p. 58)
— Review of Ghostly Subjects 2009 selected work poetry -
Hint of Horror but It Adds Up
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 February 2010; (p. 37)
— Review of Apples with Human Skin 2009 selected work poetry ; Ghostly Subjects 2009 selected work poetry -
Annual Poetry Review 2009-2010
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 21-38)
— Review of Ghostly Subjects 2009 selected work poetry ; Moments of Perfect Poise 2008 selected work poetry ; Parts of Us 2010 selected work poetry ; Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Taller When Prone 2010 selected work poetry ; Grass Notes 2009 selected work poetry ; Storm and Honey 2009 selected work poetry ; White Lines (Vertical) 2010 selected work poetry ; Folk Tunes 2009 selected work poetry ; Piano Hill 2009 selected work poetry ; Birds in Mind 2008 single work poetry ; Apples with Human Skin 2009 selected work poetry ; The Pallbearer's Garden 2008 selected work poetry ; A Tight Circle 2008 selected work poetry ; Letters 2009 selected work poetry ; Beautiful Waste : Poems by David McComb 2009 selected work poetry -
Poetry Survey
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 123 2010; (p. 50-56)
— Review of Theatre 2008 selected work poetry ; La, La, La 2009 selected work poetry ; Vanishing Point 2009 selected work poetry ; Ghostly Subjects 2009 selected work poetry
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