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Remembering the Many-Sided Brian Doyle,
single work
obituary
'Some poets submit their work carefully presented, bio-lines attached, picture perfect. Other poets send a cache of new expressions with commentaries, back stories, a dozen bytes of miscellanea, sometimes regardless of the submission guidelines. A handful treat the submission email address as an opportunity to mailbox every new poem that fits the bill.' (Introduction)
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Treaty Is More Than a White Feelgood Moment,
single work
column
'Early in the night at the 2018 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras party, DJ Gemma dropped the Yothu Yindi classic 'Treaty'. All around me the mostly non-Indigenous crowd responded to the driving beats, the unmistakeable sound of the yidaki, and the call of the late M. Yunipingu's distinctive voice.' (Introduction)
- The Kindergarten Busi"My daughter, now a lean wry young woman, tells me", single work poetry (p. 40)
- If We Ever Got to Be What We so Want to Bei"One time years ago when I was at the end of my rope", single work poetry (p. 41)
- Poem for Father's Dayi"No one talks about this, but every dad who ever had a son", single work poetry (p. 42)
- There Are Many Ways to Be a Man, And All of Them Have to Do with Honesti"Or here's a story. A man finds himself acting as the dad", single work poetry (p. 42-43)
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Gurrumul's Gift to the World,
single work
review
'At the time of his death in July last year, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was the most commercially successful Aboriginal Australian musician to ever grace this world. Anyone expecting Gurrumul - the film about Gurrumul's career, on which he signed off prior to his death at 46 - to resemble anything like your typical popular music documentary will be quickly dissuaded. After all Gurrumul was a far cry from your typical popular musician.' (Introduction)
- A Painter's Lamenti"They say the art of painting is dead", single work poetry (p. 56-58)
- Bluebeard Incorporatedi"I hear Bluebeard's cutting up souls these days", single work poetry (p. 58-59)
- Little Salemi"The lofty ones' own", single work poetry (p. 59-62)