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'Hazel Smith’s new poetry collection engages in a direct way with contemporary political and social issues – civil war and the flight of populations, oppressive regimes and the disappearance of dissidents, the unpredictable effects of climate change – relating these issues to the personal experience of death and dementia, abuse and disability and childlessness. The poems project intense psychological states of indecisiveness, anxiety, disorientation and guilt, making use of surreal conjunctions and metaphor to dramatise the sense of unease. Smith is a new media artist and musician, and the poems employ a variety of techniques drawn from these fields, flourishes of linguistic coloratura, the evocation of virtual realities, cutting and pasting from the internet, remixing, sampling and quotation, to drive home their effects.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: In memory of my mother Eta Cohen and for my sister Maureen Smith, violinists, both, and for my husband Roger Dean, also a musician
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Siobhan Hodge Reviews Word Migrants by Hazel Smith
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , August 2016;
— Review of Word Migrants 2016 selected work poetry -
Discomfort Enacted In Writing
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , August 2016;
— Review of Word Migrants 2016 selected work poetry -
‘Other Points of View’ : Hazel Smith’s Word Migrants
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , October vol. 20 no. 2 2016;
— Review of Word Migrants 2016 selected work poetry
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Discomfort Enacted In Writing
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , August 2016;
— Review of Word Migrants 2016 selected work poetry -
Siobhan Hodge Reviews Word Migrants by Hazel Smith
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , August 2016;
— Review of Word Migrants 2016 selected work poetry -
‘Other Points of View’ : Hazel Smith’s Word Migrants
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , October vol. 20 no. 2 2016;
— Review of Word Migrants 2016 selected work poetry