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Dedication: To the students of my Council of Adult Education 'creative writing' classes, 1976 & 1977, especially the stayers, who kept me company thru whole terms of exercises & procedures as strange as many here
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Epigraph: The West is mad. I could not live without your words, no matter how you spell them.
from The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium by Harry Mathews
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Carlton,
Parkville - Carlton area,
Melbourne - North,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:The Paper Castle
, 1978 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Against Dread, single work short story (p. 7-8)
- Bedlamp : A Drawing by Raphaeli"It is near to hand. I have less time now than", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Condominium, single work short story (p. 10-11)
- Discuss What You Recall of Emilio Brentani's Sense of Success, Love, and Society, as Conveyed in Svevo's "As a Man Grows Older," in a Poem of Ten Linesi"her touch ambuscates the world's", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Entspringen, single work short story (p. 13-15)
- Fathomi"The fat man's home & dried.", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Gardeni"God be praised.", single work poetry (p. 17)
- History is With Us, single work short story (p. 18)
- Inurementi"In red sunset the emu runs.", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Just Floundering : After "La Route des Flandres" by Claude Simon a Mistranslation, single work short story (p. 20)
- Kelly Country : A Reconnoitre of a Page of Tanizaki's "A Portrait of Shunkin" in Japanese, single work short story (p. 21-22)
- Language and the Bodyi"I want to write the good book.", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Merthyr Errors, single work short story (p. 25-26)
- National Service, single work short story (p. 27-29)
- "O Thou, For Whose Soul-Soothing Quiet Turtles"i"Sigh a friendly sigh. What ails thee", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Palsy, single work short story (p. 31-38)
- Queer Smells Won't Dissuade Us : After "Krumau Oder Willst Du Mich Noch Einmal Sehen" by Arno Schmidt, single work short story (p. 39-40)
- Rootedi"All turn at Ively, look lively.", single work poetry (p. 41)
- Sarcophagusi"The arc of ages turns up the edge of present", single work poetry (p. 42)
- Torrents (i), single work short story (p. 43-44)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Xplanation
1978
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— Appears in: The Moths 1978; (p. 52-54)
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Xplanation
1978
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Moths 1978; (p. 52-54)
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