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Martin Kovan Martin Kovan i(A110369 works by)
Born: Established: 1972 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Poem i "Here's an unmarked road from the tracks", Martin Kovan , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 67 no. 2 2022; (p. 194-195)
1 Prometheus Martin Kovan , 2022 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 67 no. 1 2022; (p. 56-63)
1 In the Land of Nod i "Of all ironies, I woke in the Land of Nod.", Martin Kovan , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , May no. 96 2020;
1 An Island Emissary Martin Kovan , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 79 no. 1 2019;
1 Necessary Rites (A Short History of Violence) Martin Kovan , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 78 no. 3 2018; (p. 192-200)

'From the earliest years, and for many years thereafter, the voice accompanies him. Foreign, but familiar, it's barbed with an edge beyond which opens abysses. He knows his father was born into the shadow-lands of Europe, in the first half of 1940. He's heard that the men of the father's family fought on the other, resisting side, the good side. but there's no way of knowing the truth, of the time, of their enemy, notorious for being more unhinged than the worst of their German counterparts. Of knowing if his own family had a hand in the excesses, very distant now, still brooding in its veins. He imagines he has no part in it, born as he is into the lucky country, to the lucky migrant father, over three decades later.' (Publication abstract)
1 Tabula Rasa (with Stray Figure) i "Cities built and collapsed and rebuilt.", Martin Kovan , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 78 no. 1 2018; (p. 155-157)
1 The Aid Worker Martin Kovan , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , June no. 22 2018;
1 Subsistence Years Martin Kovan , 2017 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Overland , Winter vol. 227 no. 2017; (p. 90-93)
1 Humid Mirror i "Days cyclic as Rangoon traffic turning so many yugas of hostaged", Martin Kovan , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 4 May no. 54.0 2016;
1 Tristes Tropiques i "Marketplace oneiry written on tinted", Martin Kovan , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 75 no. 2 2016;
1 Voluntary Inundations Martin Kovan , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 146 2016; (p. 22)
1 Cerberus i "A decade of war—give or take those", Martin Kovan , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , August vol. 76 no. 1 2016; (p. 112-113)
1 In Khost Province Martin Kovan , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , September no. 19 2016;
1 Kālidāsa’s Thirst i "The rain which comes down", Martin Kovan , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cha : An Asian Literary Journal , March no. 27 2015;
1 In A Tibetan Gompa Hanging Between Worlds i "two-and-a-half days", Martin Kovan , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cha : An Asian Literary Journal , March no. 27 2015;
1 Laccadive Sea i "We know how long the crossing takes", Martin Kovan , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 5 no. 2 2015; (p. 28)
1 Trade Routes i "In Coimbatore once I thought", Martin Kovan , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 60 no. 1 2015; (p. 74-75)
1 A World Order i "In the underground, moist nape", Martin Kovan , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 49.0 2015;
1 En Passant i "So to have become passed-", Martin Kovan , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 49.0 2015;
1 In Memoriam Hashem Shaabani i "We searched you in the hollows", Martin Kovan , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 217 2014; (p. 80)
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