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With an Introduction by the editor.
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Book launched in Melbourne by Sir James Gobbo at The Wheeler Centre, 10 February 2010.
Contents
- Waking : for Kafkai"It is a mandible language, ours; on of release", single work poetry (p. 1)
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Man Is Wolf to Mani"Until the consummation of things:",
single work
poetry
(p. 1)
Note: Dated: 2007
- Mythosi"We had read the books. We wanted to believe", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Winter Harmonicai"In blackberry, in lightwood, a bird", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Infernoi"You couldn't get much further from", extract poetry (p. 2-3)
- Proverbi"In the room", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Winnowingi"It was a definite change, a migration.", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Two Guesses at Immortalityi"The match has always just been lit,", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Trampoliningi"The fattest eternity is childhood", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Kangaroosi"The idea of a desert is somewhere beyond our little camps.", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Flighti"After a flight and a bus ride,", single work poetry (p. 8)
- The Translationi"So we woke with the crook of our arms empty.", single work poetry (p. 8)
- For the Wake and the Skeleton Dancei"the dreamtime Dostoyevskys murmur of a recession in the spirit world", single work poetry (p. 9)
- White Stucco Dreamingi"sprinkled in the happy dark of my mind", single work poetry (p. 10)
- The Golden Skin of Cowgirlsi"at the end of a brief Warreggo sojourn", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- The Fencei"The fence is there, still the same as itself, it is a line,", single work poetry (p. 11-13)
- Parts of the Tonguei"A predilection for stone fruit", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Storytelleri"Hey girl", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Monkey-seller's Stalli"The monkeys in the tv-sized cage at the roadside", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Autumn is Everywherei"Even in an explosion", single work poetry (p. 16)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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They Will Oxidise Before You Even Finish Reading
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Overland , Winter vol. 227 no. 2017; (p. 18-23)'Einstein’s theory of general relativity states that matter can cataclysmically implode, creating a state where a given density and the space-time curvature split towards infinite values. This is referred to as a singularity, or – as it is known to ordinary folk – a black hole. Extending out from a black hole’s unfathomably dense centre and extraordinary gravitational pull is a finite volume of space that ends in an event horizon: a demarcation – a line in the cosmic sands – from which nothing inside can escape: not rock, metal, Judas Priest, photons, alliteration or anything else. The closer that matter gets to a singularity, the more the laws of physics fail, eventually collapsing entirely.' (Introduction)
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A Gander at Gender and Age
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 6 no. 1 2016; (p. 12-20) Carol Jenkins documents and analyses contemporary Australian poetry anthologies. -
Classics, and Then Some
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 June 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry -
Candy from a Maple Tree
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 321 2010; (p. 40-42)
— Review of The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry -
Collections Shine New Light on Poets
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 March 2010; (p. 33)
— Review of Out of the Box : Contemporary Australian Gay and Lesbian Poets 2009 anthology poetry ; The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry
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Vital to the Literary Culture
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 February 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of Out of the Box : Contemporary Australian Gay and Lesbian Poets 2009 anthology poetry ; The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry -
Collections Shine New Light on Poets
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 March 2010; (p. 33)
— Review of Out of the Box : Contemporary Australian Gay and Lesbian Poets 2009 anthology poetry ; The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry -
Candy from a Maple Tree
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 321 2010; (p. 40-42)
— Review of The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry -
Classics, and Then Some
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 June 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry -
A Gander at Gender and Age
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 6 no. 1 2016; (p. 12-20) Carol Jenkins documents and analyses contemporary Australian poetry anthologies. -
They Will Oxidise Before You Even Finish Reading
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Overland , Winter vol. 227 no. 2017; (p. 18-23)'Einstein’s theory of general relativity states that matter can cataclysmically implode, creating a state where a given density and the space-time curvature split towards infinite values. This is referred to as a singularity, or – as it is known to ordinary folk – a black hole. Extending out from a black hole’s unfathomably dense centre and extraordinary gravitational pull is a finite volume of space that ends in an event horizon: a demarcation – a line in the cosmic sands – from which nothing inside can escape: not rock, metal, Judas Priest, photons, alliteration or anything else. The closer that matter gets to a singularity, the more the laws of physics fail, eventually collapsing entirely.' (Introduction)