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This is poetry that dances like the brolga: in praise of wading waist deep in the mountain river's 'nourishing brown flow'; of parcelling freshly caught barra in paperbark before 'sweetening in coals'; of a campfire crackling in 'plumes of rising heat'. Hall raises the flag to Indigenous survival, listening to Country in a way that esteems the traditional owners and interrogates colonialism's crooked paths. This is poetry that keeps us sensitively engaged and committed from beginning to end. [from Trove record]
Notes
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Launched by Alan Wearne at the University of Wollongong, 4 July 2014.
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Dedication: For Jillian
the love with whom I fly
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Anne Elvey Reviews Sweetened in Coals by Phillip Hall
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , August 2016;
— Review of Sweetened in Coals 2014 selected work poetry -
“Warriors Come Out to Play”
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 75 no. 3 2016;
— Review of Yimbama 2015 selected work poetry ; Sweetened in Coals 2014 selected work poetry ; Dirty Words 2015 selected work poetry ; Love Poems and Death Threats 2014 selected work poetry -
Ginninderra's Hundred Flowers : A Review of Eleven Recent Poetry Titles from Ginninderra Press
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 5 no. 1 2015; (p. 90-97)
— Review of No Secret Fear 2014 selected work poetry ; Heartfelt Moments 2014 selected work poetry ; Lines Continue Forever 2014 selected work poetry ; Tangled Roots 2014 selected work poetry ; Upon Reflection 2014 selected work poetry ; Sweetened in Coals 2014 selected work poetry ; Moving With the Times 2014 selected work poetry ; The Shapes of Light : Rediscovering Poetry in a Post-poetic Age 2014 selected work poetry ; In the Breathing Space 2014 selected work poetry ; Will to Live 2014 selected work poetry ; The Sun Behind the Sun 2014 selected work poetry -
Greg McLaren Reviews Phillip Gijindarraji Hall and Benjamin Dodds
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , December no. 48.1 2014;
— Review of Sweetened in Coals 2014 selected work poetry ; Regulator 2014 selected work poetry -
Zenobia Frost : Salt and Bone; Phillip Gijindarraji Hall : Sweetened in Coals
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 9 no. 2014;
— Review of Salt and Bone 2014 selected work poetry ; Sweetened in Coals 2014 selected work poetry
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Zenobia Frost : Salt and Bone; Phillip Gijindarraji Hall : Sweetened in Coals
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 9 no. 2014;
— Review of Salt and Bone 2014 selected work poetry ; Sweetened in Coals 2014 selected work poetry -
Greg McLaren Reviews Phillip Gijindarraji Hall and Benjamin Dodds
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , December no. 48.1 2014;
— Review of Sweetened in Coals 2014 selected work poetry ; Regulator 2014 selected work poetry -
“Warriors Come Out to Play”
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 75 no. 3 2016;
— Review of Yimbama 2015 selected work poetry ; Sweetened in Coals 2014 selected work poetry ; Dirty Words 2015 selected work poetry ; Love Poems and Death Threats 2014 selected work poetry -
Ginninderra's Hundred Flowers : A Review of Eleven Recent Poetry Titles from Ginninderra Press
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 5 no. 1 2015; (p. 90-97)
— Review of No Secret Fear 2014 selected work poetry ; Heartfelt Moments 2014 selected work poetry ; Lines Continue Forever 2014 selected work poetry ; Tangled Roots 2014 selected work poetry ; Upon Reflection 2014 selected work poetry ; Sweetened in Coals 2014 selected work poetry ; Moving With the Times 2014 selected work poetry ; The Shapes of Light : Rediscovering Poetry in a Post-poetic Age 2014 selected work poetry ; In the Breathing Space 2014 selected work poetry ; Will to Live 2014 selected work poetry ; The Sun Behind the Sun 2014 selected work poetry -
Anne Elvey Reviews Sweetened in Coals by Phillip Hall
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , August 2016;
— Review of Sweetened in Coals 2014 selected work poetry
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