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Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Smiling into the Snapshot Future
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Notes

  • Dedication: for vic
    for the people who have shown me so much about writing - [Pi symbol], eric, rosemary, jennie, lyndon, chris, jenny, berni & rob
    for my friends & all people of affinity

Contents

* Contents derived from the Kew, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Pariah Press , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Oracy and Literacyi"he jumps on the train", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 1)
Untitledi"wet streets & tramlines shine", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 2)
On the Runi"he looks furtive", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 3)
V.P.D. : For my Motheri"they come out pressed drill shirts & trousers smooth woollen tunics", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Untitledi"that chair grows larger around you", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 6)
Untitledi"boy! me, a boy? yes in blue? suppose i was sometimes", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 7)
Writing to My Fatheri"I look at the letter", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Untitledi"the grounds - empty no-one visits in the indoors patients", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 10)
Just Because I'm Paranoid Doesn't Mean They're Not Out to Get Mei"in the city it's saturday morning; 11 am", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 11)
Australia's Uranium (for Bob Hawke)i"Australia's", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 12)
Hippy Movies Seem to Always Make Me Cryi"at 2.05am the late, late lots of beach scenes", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 13)
Mr Cover Versioni"mr cover version", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Movingi"after the divorce", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
California / Country Victoriai"a two year wait temporary teaching", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Thesedaysi"the lines are drawn sharp", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 20)
Untitledi"the maori wo/man", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 21)
Untitledi"the backseat", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 22)
At the C(ommonwealth) E(mployment) S(ervice) At the CES Commonwealth Employment Servicei"the front of the sign", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 23-27)
Note: With title: At the C(ommonwealth) E(mployment) S(ervice)

Dole Poem / In Four Partsi"1. 10: a.m.", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
"DEAR JOB SEEKER" They're Changing the Rules Againi"the letter they gave me", Cliff Smyth , single work poetry (p. 30)
Note: Revised text version.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Reviews in Brief Kevin Brophy , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , April 1986;

— Review of Smiling into the Snapshot Future Cliff Smyth , 1985 selected work poetry
Mordant and Threatening Behind the Bright Detail Judith Rodriguez , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 September 1986; (p. 48)

— Review of The Bird-Man Diana Kan , 1984 selected work poetry ; Smiling into the Snapshot Future Cliff Smyth , 1985 selected work poetry ; Singers and Winners : Poems Lyndon Walker , 1984 selected work poetry ; A Crowd of Voices Stephen J. Williams , 1985 selected work poetry short story
No Doctorate in Obscurity Required : Poetry from the Small Presses John Irving , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 83 1986; (p. 26-28)

— Review of Slices of Wry Kristin Henry , 1985 selected work poetry ; Smiling into the Snapshot Future Cliff Smyth , 1985 selected work poetry ; The Cast Changes : Poems Jennie Fraine , 1985 selected work poetry ; Universe Cat Rosemary Nissen-Wade , 1985 selected work poetry ; A Crowd of Voices Stephen J. Williams , 1985 selected work poetry short story
No Doctorate in Obscurity Required : Poetry from the Small Presses John Irving , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 83 1986; (p. 26-28)

— Review of Slices of Wry Kristin Henry , 1985 selected work poetry ; Smiling into the Snapshot Future Cliff Smyth , 1985 selected work poetry ; The Cast Changes : Poems Jennie Fraine , 1985 selected work poetry ; Universe Cat Rosemary Nissen-Wade , 1985 selected work poetry ; A Crowd of Voices Stephen J. Williams , 1985 selected work poetry short story
Mordant and Threatening Behind the Bright Detail Judith Rodriguez , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 September 1986; (p. 48)

— Review of The Bird-Man Diana Kan , 1984 selected work poetry ; Smiling into the Snapshot Future Cliff Smyth , 1985 selected work poetry ; Singers and Winners : Poems Lyndon Walker , 1984 selected work poetry ; A Crowd of Voices Stephen J. Williams , 1985 selected work poetry short story
Reviews in Brief Kevin Brophy , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , April 1986;

— Review of Smiling into the Snapshot Future Cliff Smyth , 1985 selected work poetry
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