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'In her second major collection, Claire Gaskin explores the human condition, disengaging language from our assumptions in order to reassemble an emotional and intellectual integrity. In the best surrealist tradition, Paperweight plays the game of exquisite corpse - dismantling language to reveal how it imprisons experience within a system. Conversely, Gaskin then shows how imagery can liberate in moments of pure surprise and how the constraints of form such as the villanelle and the pantoum can force invention. Spare yet expressive, playful yet wise, Paperweight celebrates the visceral power of poetry and its connection to the body, personal history, and the immergence of the unconscious in us all.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Anna and Sasha Rae
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Claire Gaskin, Paperweight
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 75 no. 2 2016;
— Review of Paperweight 2013 selected work poetry -
Inside the Restless Poetry of Life's Process
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 August 2014; (p. 18-19)
— Review of Paperweight 2013 selected work poetry ; Circle Work 2013 selected work poetry -
Ella O’Keefe Reviews Claire Gaskin
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May no. 46.0 2014;
— Review of Paperweight 2013 selected work poetry
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Ella O’Keefe Reviews Claire Gaskin
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May no. 46.0 2014;
— Review of Paperweight 2013 selected work poetry -
Inside the Restless Poetry of Life's Process
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 August 2014; (p. 18-19)
— Review of Paperweight 2013 selected work poetry ; Circle Work 2013 selected work poetry -
Claire Gaskin, Paperweight
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 75 no. 2 2016;
— Review of Paperweight 2013 selected work poetry
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