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'... poems are written with directness, honesty and passion. In this book Lionel has combined a selection of poems from previous publications together with several new works.' Source: http://www.kpress.com.au/ (Sighted: 30/06/2009).
Notes
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to my children Fletcher Campbell Lacey and Bart Willoughby (the most original Indigenous [sic] muso)
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Introduction by Lionel Fogarty, with a foreword by Mudrooroo.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
South Melbourne,
South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area,
Melbourne - Inner South,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Hyland House
, 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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For Him I Died - Bupu Ngunda I Lovei"For him I loved",
single work
poetry
(p. 3-4)
Note: Painting Portrait by Rose Bygraves (page 4)
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"Yet I too bleed the Murra Murra Gulandanilli heart"
Murra Murra Gulandanilli : Waterheni"Yes I too bleed the Murra Murra Gulandanilli heart",
single work
poetry
(p. 5-6)
Note: With first line: Yet I too bleed the Murra Murra Gulandanilli heart
- Imarbara I Am - Generation of Existencei"I am a living entity, you belong to me.", single work poetry (p. 7)
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The Mununjali Exemption Mani"The Department of Family Services and Abos lied to me.",
single work
poetry
(p. 8)
Note: To my Great Grandfather Fred Fogarty
- Black Womani"She's native, naked, she's native and naked", single work poetry (p. 9)
- A Vera Take A Ridei"We use to ride emus and dolphins", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- Joowindoo Goonduhmui"Ngujoo nye muyunube", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Quick Sing (Translation)i"I can see a lot of people coming", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Fellow Beingi"An' we aborigines in humanity.", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Uppu Gulung Goowe (Good by and by)i"Aurukun oh Aurukun", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Am Ii"Am we lonely these days", single work poetry (p. 16)
- The Childreni"The children of not caring loveness,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Consideration of Black Deaths (Story)i"'No treaty will give us our laws: it can be broken'", single work poetry (p. 18-23)
- Consideration of Black Deaths (Story)i"'No treaty will give us our laws: it can be broken'", single work poetry (p. 18-23)
- Rae Shines In Riveri"Little Rae of shine", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Come Over Murrii"I just remember Murris not only you die in prisons or from poor conditions", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Memo To Us (Story)i"Fortunately Australia has been given back to Aboriginals now.", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- Yindingie Will Return Yenningee (Story)i"Once a group of Murri were cast adrift in a canoe sailing to a new land.", single work poetry (p. 28-29)
- Sue and Du (The Spirit of One Tribe Is All)i"The Wakka Wakka are there walking, talking singing in the land.", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- I'm Not Santai"Black santa is sad cos he found he's sacked", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Naming the Voids of Multiculturalism in "Biral Biral" : A New Reading of the Poetry of Lionel Fogarty
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 27 no. 2 2013; (p. 129-133) 'As one of Australia's most innovative, outspoken, and prolific Indigenous poets, Lionel Fogarty has been the subject of a great number of studies and analysis over the years, particularly since the publication of his New and Selected Poems: Munaldjali, Mutuerjaraera in 1995. Here, Alizadeh uses other radically different reading strategy to consider one of Fogarty's best-known poems, "Biral Biral." By drawing on the work of the contemporary philosopher Alain Badiou, Alizadeh argues that far from presenting the reader with an affirmative and positivist portrayal of an existing Aboriginal identity, Fogarty's poem in fact challenges and reinvents identitarian assumptions apropos of Aboriginality in contemporary, multicultural Australia. In addition, Badiou, as a (post-) Marxist thinker, is an apt choice for providing a progressive perspective that does not repeat the existing postcolonial and postmodernist assumptions apropos of aesthetics, multiculturality, and identity.' (Publication abstract) -
Archipelagos of Sense : Thinking About a Decolonised Australian Poetics
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 1 2013; (p. 155-169)'In Archipelagos of Sense: Thinking About a Decolonised Australian Poetics, Peter Minter expands on Les Murray's line that 'the whole world is an archipelago', proffering an archipelagic sensibility where 'locations on the surface of the planet can be understood as earthly temporal and spatial archipelagos'...(Vickery and Alizadeh, 18)
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Find the Nest Where Freedom Had No Paper Works
Pamela Brown
(interviewer),
2012
single work
interview
— Appears in: Jacket2 2012; -
Politics of Indigeneity in Fogarty's Poetry
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: CLCWeb : Comparative Literature and Culture , June vol. 13 no. 2 2011; 'In his article "Politics of Indigeneity in Fogarty's Poetry" Sean Gorman discusses Indigenous themes and issues with regards to the poetry of Murri writer Lionel Fogarty. As Fogarty is seen as a poet who writes complex prose, his material challenges non-Indigenous readerships by subverting Standard English and conventional reading practices. Gorman suggests strategies by which to engage with Fogarty's material and, employing the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin, namely heteroglossia and dialogism, to arrive at a better understanding of the rich and complex nature of Fogarty's work. Gorman executes his analysis in relation to the political debates that have arisen since the Little Children Are Sacred report was made public and the intervention in Australia's Northern Territory occurred in 2007.' (Editor's abstract)
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Bright Broken Pictures
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 201 2011; (p. 5)
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A Top Poet's Latest and Greatest
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 20 September no. 110 1995; (p. 24)
— Review of New and Selected Poems : Munaldjali, Mutuerjaraera 1995 selected work poetry -
Sensitive, Poignant
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 25 September 1995; (p. 28)
— Review of New and Selected Poems : Munaldjali, Mutuerjaraera 1995 selected work poetry -
Working the Country
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 176 1995; (p. 21-22)
— Review of New and Selected Poems : Munaldjali, Mutuerjaraera 1995 selected work poetry -
Not So Black and White
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 February 1996; (p. C11)
— Review of New and Selected Poems : Munaldjali, Mutuerjaraera 1995 selected work poetry -
Our Island Difficulties
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 40 no. 4 1996; (p. 85-86)
— Review of New and Selected Poems : Munaldjali, Mutuerjaraera 1995 selected work poetry ; Shadow Swimmer 1995 selected work poetry ; Cold Wires of Rain 1995 selected work poetry ; The Difficult Island 1994 selected work poetry -
Reading Lionel Fogarty: An Attempt to Feel into Texts Speaking of Decolonisation
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 62 no. 2 2002; (p. 45-64) -
Colonial Knowledge, Post-Colonial Poetics
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature 2010; (p. 255-277) -
Bright Broken Pictures
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 201 2011; (p. 5) -
Australian Poetry : Reflections on Nature, Space and Identity
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Explorations In Australian Poetry 2010; (p. 1-40) Jayne Fenton Keane's essay presents an overview of the many treatments of nature rendered by a host of contemporary Australian poets. (v)
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Anti-Nativism in Australian Indigenous Literature
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Kultura Historia Globalizacja , no. 7 2010; (p. 53-64) 'What in today's literary discourse are the reality and the world created by the words: nativism, nativity, the native, native? Why do we still speak and communicate with them and use them in different contexts, even though we know that these words often carry a negative emotional meaning load, taking us to spaces, times, and experiences of colonial suffering, despite their basis in academic arguments. In Australia such issues have been addressed by many Indigenous writers, amongst them — M. Langton, A. Moreton- Robinson, Mudrooroo, C. Watego, T. Birch, F. Bayet — Charlton, to name just a few.' (Author's introduction)
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