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'Final Theory is a long poem told in episodes, combining two fragmentary story lines – the one following a couple as they travel through landscapes which are at different times pristine and ravaged by progress; the other portraying the sensations of a child tumbling through the ocean, encountering evidence of lost worlds. Researched and composed in countries that were once part of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana – New Zealand, Australia and Antarctica – the poem places its figures within vast scales of time and space. The focus on two generations, the near-future and the far-off future, raises questions about the development of consciousness, and what place we as humans have in the unfinished process of chance and change.' (Publication summary)
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Launched on 12 July 2014 at Gleebooks, Sydney, with readings by Elizabeth Allen, Toby Fitch, Greg McLaren and Lindsay Tuggle.
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Dedication : To Tim Grey, reader, husband and co-conspirator.
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Works about this Work
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Ecofeminism, New Materialism and Lyric Subjectivity in Bonny Cassidy’s Final Theory and Megan Kaminski’s Gentlewomen
2022
single work
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— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 67 no. 1 2022; (p. 134-146) 'This essay considers how Final Theory (2014) by Australian poet Bonny Cassidy and Gentlewomen (2020) by American poet Megan Kaminski extend our understanding of lyric subjectivity and provide insights into the intersections between ecofeminism and new materialism. in bringing these two contemporary poets alongside one another, I hope to draw attention to trans-Pacific intersections in feminist ecopoetics. Cassidy and Kaminski may practise different poetics, but both encompass inclusive ways of being within the more-than-human world and both find ways to critique, extend or embrace lyricism, demonstrating lyric as a highly flexible medium.' (Introduction)
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Country & Western
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Poetics Research , September no. 7 2017;'That poetry is implicated with politics is incontrovertible. As Theodore Adorno writes ‘art exists in the real world and has a function in it, and the two are connected by a large number of mediating links.’ Those mediating links however, the things that connect each to the other, are harder to grapple with. What does the daily life of a protest poet look like compared to a conservative one when both work in a modern university? What poetry does the politician read?' (Introduction)
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“Hubcap and Lichen” : Anti-Anthropocentrism in Libby Hart’s Wild and Bonny Cassidy’s Final Theory
2016
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— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 75 no. 3 2016;
— Review of Final Theory 2014 selected work poetry ; Wild 2014 selected work poetry -
Helen Hagemann Reviews Final Theory by Bonny Cassidy
2015
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— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2015;
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Robert Wood Reviews Final Theory by Bonny Cassidy
2015
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— Appears in: Writ. Poetry Review , September no. 3 2015;
— Review of Final Theory 2014 selected work poetry
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Review : Australian Poetry
2014
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 August 2014; (p. 19)
— Review of Final Theory 2014 selected work poetry ; A Spell, A Charm 2007-2008 single work poetry ; The End of the World 2014 selected work poetry -
Poetry Book Review: Final Theory by Bonny Cassidy
2014
2014
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— Appears in: The NSW Writers' Centre Blog
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Bonny Cassidy : Final Theory
2014
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— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 9 no. 2014;
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Clutching, Following, Wondering, Gazing : Lisa Gorton Launches ‘Final Theory’ by Bonny Cassidy
2014
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— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , June - September no. 12 2014;
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Art in Words, and a Road Movie
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 January 2015; (p. 20)
— Review of Keeps : With Patience, Mutiny and Man Wolf Man 2014 selected work poetry ; Final Theory 2014 selected work poetry -
Country & Western
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Poetics Research , September no. 7 2017;'That poetry is implicated with politics is incontrovertible. As Theodore Adorno writes ‘art exists in the real world and has a function in it, and the two are connected by a large number of mediating links.’ Those mediating links however, the things that connect each to the other, are harder to grapple with. What does the daily life of a protest poet look like compared to a conservative one when both work in a modern university? What poetry does the politician read?' (Introduction)
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Ecofeminism, New Materialism and Lyric Subjectivity in Bonny Cassidy’s Final Theory and Megan Kaminski’s Gentlewomen
2022
single work
essay
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 67 no. 1 2022; (p. 134-146) 'This essay considers how Final Theory (2014) by Australian poet Bonny Cassidy and Gentlewomen (2020) by American poet Megan Kaminski extend our understanding of lyric subjectivity and provide insights into the intersections between ecofeminism and new materialism. in bringing these two contemporary poets alongside one another, I hope to draw attention to trans-Pacific intersections in feminist ecopoetics. Cassidy and Kaminski may practise different poetics, but both encompass inclusive ways of being within the more-than-human world and both find ways to critique, extend or embrace lyricism, demonstrating lyric as a highly flexible medium.' (Introduction)