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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
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Remembering the Many-Sided Brian Doyle,
single work
obituary
(p. 23-25)
'Some poets submit their work carefully presented, bio-lines attached, picture perfect. Other poets send a cache of new expressions with commentaries, back stories, a dozen bytes of miscellanea, sometimes regardless of the submission guidelines. A handful treat the submission email address as an opportunity to mailbox every new poem that fits the bill.' (Introduction)
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Treaty Is More Than a White Feelgood Moment,
single work
column
(p. 35-37)
'Early in the night at the 2018 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras party, DJ Gemma dropped the Yothu Yindi classic 'Treaty'. All around me the mostly non-Indigenous crowd responded to the driving beats, the unmistakeable sound of the yidaki, and the call of the late M. Yunipingu's distinctive voice.' (Introduction)
- The Kindergarten Busi"My daughter, now a lean wry young woman, tells me", single work poetry (p. 40)
- If We Ever Got to Be What We so Want to Bei"One time years ago when I was at the end of my rope", single work poetry (p. 41)
- Poem for Father's Dayi"No one talks about this, but every dad who ever had a son", single work poetry (p. 42)
- There Are Many Ways to Be a Man, And All of Them Have to Do with Honesti"Or here's a story. A man finds himself acting as the dad", single work poetry (p. 42-43)
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Gurrumul's Gift to the World,
single work
review
(p. 47-48)
'At the time of his death in July last year, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was the most commercially successful Aboriginal Australian musician to ever grace this world. Anyone expecting Gurrumul - the film about Gurrumul's career, on which he signed off prior to his death at 46 - to resemble anything like your typical popular music documentary will be quickly dissuaded. After all Gurrumul was a far cry from your typical popular musician.' (Introduction)
- A Painter's Lamenti"They say the art of painting is dead", single work poetry (p. 56-58)
- Bluebeard Incorporatedi"I hear Bluebeard's cutting up souls these days", single work poetry (p. 58-59)
- Little Salemi"The lofty ones' own", single work poetry (p. 59-62)
