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'How to begin a long poem? In AXIS BOOK 1: 'AREAL', the inaugural part of carruthers' long poem project, each 'axis' cuts, layers, folds, and accumulates language in two columns. One side often plays the support role, an 'accompaniment' for the other side. Elsewhere they merge, intersect, cross, or even obliterate each other. Book 1 is the first test of this structure, a laying out of fields, of poetic 'areas.' It asks questions about questions: Can utopia be lived inside the work? Is there a place for the political in the poem? What is the fate of community, of the chorus, of lyric time? Could there be such a thing as poetic geography? Poetic science? What doesn't poetry know about music? Big, bold, brainy. An experimental tour de force.' (Publication summary)
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Reviews Axis Book 1 : 'Areal'
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , March no. 23 2019;
— Review of Areal 2014 selected work poetry'Ambitious beyond itself; larger than the sum of a single collection; AXIS is a ‘lifelong long poem’; it is the first book-length installment spanning axes one through thirty-one. Since the publication of AXIS Book I: ‘Areal’ an additional eighteen or so axes have been published in various journals in print and online; and Vagabond Press have just announced that AXIS Book II will be coming out later this year. So in anticipation of the impending release of Book II, let’s start at the beginning with AXIS Book I: ‘Areal’ by a.j. carruthers.' (Introduction)
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Simon Eales Reviews A J Carruthers and Jessica L Wilkinson
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 49.0 2015;
— Review of Areal 2014 selected work poetry ; Suite for Percy Grainger 2014 selected work poetry -
Review : Axis Book One
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 369 2015; (p. 67)
— Review of Areal 2014 selected work poetry -
What I’m Reading
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2015;
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Review : Axis Book One
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 369 2015; (p. 67)
— Review of Areal 2014 selected work poetry -
Simon Eales Reviews A J Carruthers and Jessica L Wilkinson
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 49.0 2015;
— Review of Areal 2014 selected work poetry ; Suite for Percy Grainger 2014 selected work poetry -
Reviews Axis Book 1 : 'Areal'
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , March no. 23 2019;
— Review of Areal 2014 selected work poetry'Ambitious beyond itself; larger than the sum of a single collection; AXIS is a ‘lifelong long poem’; it is the first book-length installment spanning axes one through thirty-one. Since the publication of AXIS Book I: ‘Areal’ an additional eighteen or so axes have been published in various journals in print and online; and Vagabond Press have just announced that AXIS Book II will be coming out later this year. So in anticipation of the impending release of Book II, let’s start at the beginning with AXIS Book I: ‘Areal’ by a.j. carruthers.' (Introduction)
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What I’m Reading
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2015;
