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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Among the Regulars
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Notes

  • Book is divided into three numbered parts.

Contents

* Contents derived from the West End, South Brisbane - East Brisbane area, Brisbane - South & South West, Brisbane, Queensland,:Soi 3 Modern Poets , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Outside Worldi"Through the oil-slick skin of sleep, again I rise", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 12)
Nothing Personali"He leans back against his desk, and asks", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 13)
Bracei"Dropped at the end of the bed, as a searing day", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 14)
Quasimodoi"Sorry it's taken so long to get 'round to you.", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 15)
Note: Large changes made between the 2005 version and this version. The first line of this version is I am twelve when they tease you into me, name-first.
Beneath the Surfacei"Hundreds watch. I dare not shift an inch, naked", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 16)
Hairlinei"At the age of eight I stood too close", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 17)
No Shelteri"Floating home from a poetry reading, fog and who I am", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 18)
Youth Group Youth Group Campi"The truck rattled over the dry paddock hills", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 19)
Note: First line: Our spotlight eclipses the huge mute moon...
Severancei"I'm sure this mix-tape of eighties memeories will miss", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 20)
"Trolleys wobble past us, oblivious. She is so close" Amputationi"Funny (strange) what's a fetish &", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 21)
Note: Significant alterations in this version.
Infinite Distancei"Again, a click, and I'm trapped in this scene - bodies", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 22)
A Passing Thoughti"This place is packed - even the ceiling drips sweat,", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 23)
Labourersi"I don't begrudge them their maleness -", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 24)
Happinessi"After work, thoughts blur, turn into sensations circling", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Embracei"In the backyard of the house I've inherited,", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 26)
Comfortablei"My instinct's to curse myself –", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 27)
Among the Regularsi"In chorus, the singleted boys at the bar shout taxi! -", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 30)
Another Worldi"Sometimes I'm convinced it cannot exist -", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 31)
All Is Not as It Seemsi"You won't recall the swarm of scalpels", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 32)
Note: Dedication: For Ilizane Broks, born 1987 with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome.
Impossible Spacei"The first time I bled, I feared my sex was a weight", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 33-34)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

The Body as Threshold in the Poetry of Andy Jackson Molly Murn , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , October vol. 40 no. 3 2021; (p. 63-66)

'The poetry of Andy Jackson not only inhabits and is rooted in the liminal space of the body, but is used as a site to consider selfhood, subjectivity, language, form, and bodily difference. Using poetry as a generative practice, Jackson expresses the unsettledness of being in his own body. Jackson has the hereditary genetic disorder, Marfan Syndrome, where the body is unable to correctly produce the protein fibrillin-1, which in turn affects the connective tissue, the heart, the spine, and the joints. On his blog, Among the Regulars, Jackson describes his body of work as ‘poetry, from a body shaped like a question mark’.1 A pronounced spinal curvature means that Jackson inhabits his body in a particular way, and in turn marks his use of language in a particular way. He is explicit about this: ‘I would argue that to begin to unravel how the body is implicated in poetry will illuminate and liberate both’.2 In rewriting the language of the body, Jackson engages in a poetics of the threshold — the threshold being the nexus between selfhood, subjectivity, and the body, both the individual body and the collective body. He does this by renovating form (language) and by interrogating (his own) disability.' (Introduction)

y separately published work icon At Home with Andy Jackson Astrid Edwards (interviewer), 2021 23443591 2021 single work interview podcast

'Andy Jackson is a poet of compassion and intellect. His 2021 collection, Human Looking, explores the voices of the disabled and ill with tenderness and love.

'Andy's first collection, Among the Regulars, was shortlisted for the 2011 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and his 2020 collection Music Our Bodies Can’t Hold'was shortlisted for the John Bray Poetry Award.

'Andy has featured at literary events and arts festivals in Ireland, India, the USA and across Australia, and has co-edited disability-themed issues of the literary journals Southerly and Australian Poetry Journal. He works as a creative writing teacher and tutor for community organisations and universities.'(Production summary)

The Irregular Self : Debbie Lim Reviews Andy Jackson's Among the Regulars Debbie Lim , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , May no. 9 2011;

— Review of Among the Regulars Andy Jackson , 2010 selected work poetry
Poems of Courage without Bravado Geoff Page , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 November 2010; (p. 22)

— Review of Among the Regulars Andy Jackson , 2010 selected work poetry
Poems of Courage without Bravado Geoff Page , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 November 2010; (p. 22)

— Review of Among the Regulars Andy Jackson , 2010 selected work poetry
The Irregular Self : Debbie Lim Reviews Andy Jackson's Among the Regulars Debbie Lim , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , May no. 9 2011;

— Review of Among the Regulars Andy Jackson , 2010 selected work poetry
y separately published work icon At Home with Andy Jackson Astrid Edwards (interviewer), 2021 23443591 2021 single work interview podcast

'Andy Jackson is a poet of compassion and intellect. His 2021 collection, Human Looking, explores the voices of the disabled and ill with tenderness and love.

'Andy's first collection, Among the Regulars, was shortlisted for the 2011 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and his 2020 collection Music Our Bodies Can’t Hold'was shortlisted for the John Bray Poetry Award.

'Andy has featured at literary events and arts festivals in Ireland, India, the USA and across Australia, and has co-edited disability-themed issues of the literary journals Southerly and Australian Poetry Journal. He works as a creative writing teacher and tutor for community organisations and universities.'(Production summary)

The Body as Threshold in the Poetry of Andy Jackson Molly Murn , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , October vol. 40 no. 3 2021; (p. 63-66)

'The poetry of Andy Jackson not only inhabits and is rooted in the liminal space of the body, but is used as a site to consider selfhood, subjectivity, language, form, and bodily difference. Using poetry as a generative practice, Jackson expresses the unsettledness of being in his own body. Jackson has the hereditary genetic disorder, Marfan Syndrome, where the body is unable to correctly produce the protein fibrillin-1, which in turn affects the connective tissue, the heart, the spine, and the joints. On his blog, Among the Regulars, Jackson describes his body of work as ‘poetry, from a body shaped like a question mark’.1 A pronounced spinal curvature means that Jackson inhabits his body in a particular way, and in turn marks his use of language in a particular way. He is explicit about this: ‘I would argue that to begin to unravel how the body is implicated in poetry will illuminate and liberate both’.2 In rewriting the language of the body, Jackson engages in a poetics of the threshold — the threshold being the nexus between selfhood, subjectivity, and the body, both the individual body and the collective body. He does this by renovating form (language) and by interrogating (his own) disability.' (Introduction)

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