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y separately published work icon Driving Too Fast selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Dorothy Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-dorothy
Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Driving Too Fast
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'Dorothy Porter's fourth poetry collection is an exhilarating ride through passions found, imagined and richly lived.

'From a modern, petrol-headed Carmen and Don José to pairs of polar explorers and silent twins, an intersection of birds and asylums, reflections on vanished love and new desire, Driving Too Fast bursts with vitality, a horsepower rhythm and language that turns on a dime.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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Notes

  • Dedication: For Lyn

Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Carmen, Dorothy Porter , sequence poetry (p. 3-12)
Overturei"Three days of heatwave,", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
Carmen's Songi"The swaying rainbow", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Don Jose's Songi"You move fast", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 7)
Carmen's Cardsi"My turn.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Carmen's Finalei"It's you.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Don Jose's Knifei"Gypsy eyes, wolf eyes.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 12)
Don Jose's Finalei"Your belly. Your blood all over me.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 13)
Oates' Diaryi"We dug up Christopher's head", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 14)
Wilson's Diary (for Josie Porter and Ian Close)i"Cri de coeur", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 15-18)
Mrs Fern-Smithi"Shooting crocodiles,", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 18-21)
Jean's Diary Decemberi"I watch the trees in winter;", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Twins, Dorothy Porter , sequence poetry (p. 22-32)
Janice's Diary Decemberi"I won't write to you.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 23)
Jean's Diary Aprili"Everyone's out in the garden.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 24)
Janice's Diary Aprili"Spring.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 25)
Jean's Diary Mayi"Remember that room.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Jean's Diary Mayi"Lights out", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 27)
Jean's Diary 24th Junei"They told me", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 28)
The Visit 24th June Jeani"Weak tea and sweet biscuits.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 29)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Hyland House , 1996 .
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      Extent: 71p.
      Edition info: Second edition.
      ISBN: 1875657770
    • Balmain, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: Ligature , 2019 .
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      Extent: 78p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 13th March 2019.
      ISBN: 9781925883121
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Untapped , 2021 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781922730176
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Brio Books , 2022 .
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      Extent: 72p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 27 September 2022.
      ISBN: 9781761281013
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Works about this Work

A Pint-Sized Cliff Hardy: Dorothy Porter and the Niche Marketing of Australia Penny Jones , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 18 no. 2 2004; (p. 105-112)
Festive Fun and Dangerous Jenny Digby (interviewer), 1993 single work interview criticism biography
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 57 1993; (p. 34-39) A Woman's Voice : Conversations with Australian Poets 1996; (p. xx-22)
[Review] Driving Too Fast Judith Beveridge , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Phoenix Review , Winter no. 7-8 1992; (p. 154-156)
— Review of Driving Too Fast Dorothy Porter , 1989 selected work poetry
A Couple of Bobs and a Dot Geoffrey Dutton , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Refrain : Poetry Review 1992; (p. 18)
Spirited, Possessed Heather Cam , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 January 1990; (p. 71)
— Review of Driving Too Fast Dorothy Porter , 1989 selected work poetry ; The Hag in the Mirror : New and Selected Poems Barbara Giles , 1989 selected work poetry ; Small Arm Practice Vicki Raymond , 1989 selected work poetry
Poetic Details of a Rural Life Geoff Page , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 June 1990; (p. B8)
— Review of Animal Warmth Philip Hodgins , 1990 selected work poetry ; Driving Too Fast Dorothy Porter , 1989 selected work poetry
After Poetry 4, a Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry Graham Rowlands , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , February no. 117 1990; (p. 31-36)
— Review of Driving Too Fast Dorothy Porter , 1989 selected work poetry ; Beach Plastic : Poems Caroline Caddy , 1989 selected work poetry ; Bow Tie & Tails Geoff Goodfellow , 1989 selected work poetry ; Poetry Australia no. 121 Meredith Wattison , 1989 periodical issue poetry ; A Burning of Applewood : New and Selected Poems Keith Harrison , 1988 selected work poetry ; La Mama Poetica 1989 anthology poetry short story
The Property of Song Andrew Wallace , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , July vol. 9 no. 2 1990; (p. 58-59)
— Review of My Operas Can't Swim Manfred Jurgensen , 1989 selected work poetry ; Bow Tie & Tails Geoff Goodfellow , 1989 selected work poetry ; The Last Beacon : Poems Stefanie Bennett , 1989 selected work poetry ; Driving Too Fast Dorothy Porter , 1989 selected work poetry ; Dragonshadow : Poems Rachael Bradley , 1989 selected work poetry ; The Harbour Breathes Anna Couani , 1989 selected work prose poetry
Quiet Force and Volatile Passion Simon Patton , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 117 1989-1990; (p. 42-44)
— Review of Driving Too Fast Dorothy Porter , 1989 selected work poetry ; Eros in Landscape Jena Woodhouse , 1989 selected work poetry
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know Jenni Millbank , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Antithesis , vol. 4 no. 1 1990; (p. 169-173)
— Review of Driving Too Fast Dorothy Porter , 1989 selected work poetry
A Pint-Sized Cliff Hardy: Dorothy Porter and the Niche Marketing of Australia Penny Jones , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 18 no. 2 2004; (p. 105-112)
Festive Fun and Dangerous Jenny Digby (interviewer), 1993 single work interview criticism biography
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 57 1993; (p. 34-39) A Woman's Voice : Conversations with Australian Poets 1996; (p. xx-22)
Poets Picnic to Promote Literacy Year Susan Parsons , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 March 1990; (p. 20)
A Couple of Bobs and a Dot Geoffrey Dutton , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Refrain : Poetry Review 1992; (p. 18)
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