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'Catherine Bateson's new poetry collection has at its centre three lively sequences that address the hard graft of spiritual negotiation. Imagined for present, past and future times, each of them tracks the slow and the sudden dissolution of love - yet love stories they are. Her characters are distinctly and originally conceived, with a habitual storyteller's craft.
'Fore and aft of these sequences are some poems that are more directly reflective. 'Marriage' is the familiar here - or at least the otherness of daughterhood, motherhood and being a lover. 'Beginners', it is suggested, is what we remain.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: For my mother, Louise and my husband, Keith.
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Reviews
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 124 2011; (p. 73-78)
— Review of The Striped World 2009 selected work poetry ; The Darwin Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Folk Tunes 2009 selected work poetry ; Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Piano Hill 2009 selected work poetry ; Out to Lunch 2009 selected work poetry -
[Review] Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 4 no. 4 2010;
— Review of Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry -
[Review] Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems [and] Pilbara
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , June no. 19 2010; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Pilbara 2009 selected work poetry -
Libby Hart Reviews Catherine Bateson
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August vol. 33 no. 2010;
— Review of Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems 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
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[Review] Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 318 2010; (p. 38)
— Review of Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry -
M for Marriage and for Memorable Sonnets
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 February 2010; (p. 12)
— Review of Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; The Sonnet According to 'M' 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 -
Libby Hart Reviews Catherine Bateson
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August vol. 33 no. 2010;
— Review of Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry -
[Review] Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems [and] Pilbara
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , June no. 19 2010; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Pilbara 2009 selected work poetry
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