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Russell Erwin Russell Erwin i(A10463 works by)
Born: Established: 1953 ;
Gender: Male
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1 Midwinter Birthday i "From where we stand those Hokusai claws", Russell Erwin , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , January/February vol. 63 no. 1/2 2019; (p. 70-71)
1 Two Deaths at the Abbey i "While I sleep she is dying.", Russell Erwin , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , January/February vol. 63 no. 1/2 2019; (p. 53)
1 Les Murray, Literary Editor Vivian Smith , Patrick Morgan , Suzanne Edgar , Geoff Page , Diana Figgis , Katherine Spadaro , Philippa Martyr , Russell Erwin , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: Quadrant , January/February vol. 63 no. 1/2 2019; (p. 12-17) 'Les Murray has retired as Quadrant’s Literary Editor. He held the position from March 1990 until this issue. We asked some of our writers if they would like to contribute their thoughts on Les’s tenure as Literary Editor. Such is the esteem in which he is held that we were overwhelmed with responses. We print some of them here.' (Introduction)
1 Malaria i "There were those little yellow pills he kept", Russell Erwin , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , July/August vol. 62 no. 7/8 2018; (p. 123)
1 A Quiet Woman i "She’s serious? She’s leaving him?", Russell Erwin , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , July/August vol. 62 no. 7/8 2018; (p. 94)
1 Because, like the Weather i "Because, like the weather it colours this place you do not notice", Russell Erwin , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2017 2017; (p. 60) Wild 2018; (p. 77)
1 This Is It i "He enters, with a touch at her back, guides her", Russell Erwin , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 61 no. 4 2017; (p. 39)
1 And on a Day Soon i "There are the shit days, purely that,", Russell Erwin , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 61 no. 1 2017; (p. 26)
1 The Sliding Doors of the Supermarket Russell Erwin , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: First Refuge : Poems on Social Justice 2016; (p. 43)
1 y separately published work icon Maps of Small Countries Russell Erwin , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2016 9648726 2016 selected work poetry

'Memoir and celebration, meditation and exploration, sketches and simple vignette, these are some of the varied fields through which Russell Erwin takes his readers in this latest collection, which bears the hallmarks of his earlier work – an attention to the physical, sensual world, unsurprising in one who makes his living by farming in the Southern Tablelands of NSW, a muscularity of language and a fondness for the striking image. But here it seems is a more assured handling of mate-rial, a poet more reflective and celebratory without any loss of accessibility and immediacy. He ranges from a suburban childhood to delicate and joyful pieces welcoming the birth of a grand-daughter, from moving elegies for parents, to songs of loss, particularly the prize-winning ‘And Still’, and of course poems which have grown from the earth of his farming life. Each poem is, in its own way, a map of a small country into which the reader is invited to enter and share.' (Publication summary)
1 Yeoval 16-K i "Three shorts and one long.", Russell Erwin , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 60 no. 5 2016; (p. 32-33)
1 In a Dream a Face i "Even those not of your time or your people,", Russell Erwin , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 60 no. 3 2016; (p. 99)
1 For Your Daughter and Her Granddaughter i "On the fridge the photograph is doing its work:", Russell Erwin , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 60 no. 3 2016; (p. 95)
1 “My Dear Man” i "Dressed, finally, he comes from his room", Russell Erwin , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 60 no. 3 2016; (p. 62)
1 Sunday Night's TV Drama Russell Erwin , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 60 no. 12 2016; (p. 80)
1 The Young Archies : The Archibald Prize 2016. i "He is the father. He is so slender, slight. Vietnamese: that slightness of generations", Russell Erwin , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 60 no. 12 2016; (p. 22)
1 Sightings: Around, About, Among i "Currawongs—so much this country", Russell Erwin , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 60 no. 10 2016; (p. 40-43.)
1 Casuarina Cunninghamiana - River She-oak i "It must be midday: gathered to it like flood wrack is the dark...", Russell Erwin , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , December vol. 74 no. 4 2015; (p. 26-27)
1 The Kathak Dancer, Mandawa. Holi 2002 i "One night in a lifetime: the elephant gate of the castle,", Russell Erwin , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 59 no. 9 2015; (p. 49)
1 A Memory of Anthracite i "In bed I felt the moisture of my breath", Russell Erwin , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 59 no. 9 2015; (p. 48)
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