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Luke Beesley Luke Beesley i(A68544 works by) (a.k.a. New Archer)
Also writes as: 'Act. Cotton Malley' ; 'A. Malley'
Born: Established: 1975 Brisbane, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
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Four Types of Light Luke Beesley , sequence poetry
Four Types of Light II Luke Beesley , sequence poetry
1 The Shoot Luke Beesley , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 12 no. 2 2023; (p. 10-11)
1 1 y separately published work icon In the Photograph Luke Beesley , Yarraville : Giramondo Publishing , 2023 26023484 2023 selected work poetry

'The poems in In the Photograph unfold in domestic and suburban settings. They capture the exact moment of writing: how, from it, possibilities branch out into observation, memory, word play, analogy, fantasy, other artworks and other art forms. Cinema, photography, theatre, painting and music all move freely in and out of the poem’s frame.

'The writing revels in humour and narrative surprise: twists in syntax, jump cuts in time, jump cuts from one category of experience into another. In the Photograph is intimate, familial, often moving; it is also sparklingly clever and alert to the imaginative possibilities that can open out from the minutiae of days.' (Publication summary) 

1 A Tusk's Chalking Innocence against Evening Luke Beesley , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Language in My Tongue : An Anthology of Australian and New Zealand Poetry 2022; (p. 23)
1 Painterly i "Or it went like this: her, Art's paint-over the awnings of timber", Luke Beesley , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 36 2022; (p. 44-46)
1 Tell Me What You See i "For a portion of the morning-a clipped-off fingernail, a chip of day-moon-I looked about at", Luke Beesley , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , September vol. 81 no. 3 2022; (p. 148)
1 The Sunday Sun i "The argued over the correct way to drain the sink. A chocolate cake buckled und4er the", Luke Beesley , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 247 2022; (p. 66)
1 Cartoon Lake Luke Beesley , 2022 single work short story
— Appears in: Heat (Series 3) , August no. 4 2022; (p. 67-70)
1 Time Piece Luke Beesley , 2022 single work short story
— Appears in: Heat (Series 3) , August no. 4 2022; (p. 63-66)
1 Imagination and Virtuosity : New Poetry by Anthony Lawrence and Subhash Jaireth Luke Beesley , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 441 2022; (p. 42-43)

— Review of Ken Anthony Lawrence , 2021 selected work poetry ; Aflame Subhash Jaireth , 2021 selected work prose

'Australia has a stylish new poetry press. The two books reviewed here by Life Before Man, the poetry wing of Gazebo Books, preference book cover art and poem above all the usual paraphernalia: publishing details, barcodes, author notes – even the epigraph – are tucked into a back page, and there are no apparently distracting contents pages or page numbers. Most of the poems sit neatly on the right side of the page with a private blank beige page buffer. There’s orientation in a contents list, and I trust the poets have a choice about whether they want one. That said, there’s a holiday-like liberation in slipping through unmoored. It’s a subtle reading experience, but do these aesthetic somewhat precious innovations justify the use of extra paper?' (Publication summary)

1 'Scroll Down, You Deserve It' : Stretching and Renewing Language Luke Beesley , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 438 2021; (p. 53-54)

— Review of Obligations of Voice Anne Elvey , 2021 selected work poetry ; Astroturfing for Spring D. J. Huppatz , 2021 selected work poetry ; Slow Walk Home Young Dawkins , 2021 selected work poetry
1 Undone by a Petrol Clamour i "We swept the fence. My arm was a parachute cannon, nudging the higher", Luke Beesley , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 80 no. 4 2021;
1 Riot of Spring i "I’ve been reflecting on this: that I could write a novel in fragments, each", Luke Beesley , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 11 no. 1 2021; (p. 45)
1 Albedo i "The aeroplane twitched away from my window.", Luke Beesley , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17 April 2021; (p. 15) The Weekend Australian , 11 September 2021; (p. 18) Best of Australian Poems 2021 2021; (p. 7)
1 It Must Have Been Moonglow : Three Luminous New Collections Luke Beesley , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January–February no. 428 2021; (p. 53-54)

— Review of Wild Curious Air Jill Jones , 2020 selected work poetry ; Dead Bolt Ella Jeffery , 2020 selected work poetry ; Salute Ken Bolton , 2019 selected work poetry
1 What I’m Reading Luke Beesley , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2020;
1 Audible i "The camera panned up away from our conversation and fixed on a", Luke Beesley , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry 2020; (p. 29)
1 'A Universal Hum' : Three New Poetry Collections Luke Beesley , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 422 2020; (p. 53-54)

— Review of God is Waiting in the World’s Yard M. T. C. Cronin , 2019 selected work poetry ; Element : The Atomic Weight and Radius of Love Jordie Albiston , 2020 selected work poetry ; Family Trees Michael Farrell , 2020 selected work poetry

'If I were to make gauche generalisations about the poetics of MTC Cronin, Jordie Albiston, and Michael Farrell, I might respectively write conceptualtechnical, and experimental. But these established poets – each in their fifties, highly regarded – display fluency with all these descriptors, especially in their latest books.' (Introduction)

1 Luke Beesley Reviews California Sweet by Kent MacCarter Luke Beesley , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , August 2019;

— Review of California Sweet Kent MacCarter , 2018 selected work poetry
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