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'Three mothers, three daughters, a girl on fire. Female butchers and bloody poets. Flight after flight into history. Dressing, all dressing for the end of the world. An astonishing volume. – John Schad, Professor of Modern Literature, Lancaster University
'Susan Bradley Smith presses at the limits of poetry, not in the sense of formal experimentation but in poetry’s capacity to embrace the lives of others. – Paul Kane Professor of English, Vassar College
'This is a rich and evocative exploration of relations between daughters and mothers, daughters and absent fathers, and between the poet and her literary (and intellectual) ancestors. – Jennifer Warrzinek Professor of English, Freie Universität Berlin
'As a poet, Susan Bradley Smith has perfect pitch: metrical, musical, imagistic… I would put her in the small and select category of poets who never let the violence of emotion interfere with poetic rigour. – Janette Turner Hospital' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For my goddaughters, Natalie F & Daphne
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Up-hill All the Way?
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , April vol. 19 no. 1 2015;
— Review of Beds for All Who Come 2014 selected work poetry -
Review Short: Susan Bradley Smith’s Beds For All Who Come
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 49.0 2015;
— Review of Beds for All Who Come 2014 selected work poetry
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Review Short: Susan Bradley Smith’s Beds For All Who Come
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 49.0 2015;
— Review of Beds for All Who Come 2014 selected work poetry -
Up-hill All the Way?
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , April vol. 19 no. 1 2015;
— Review of Beds for All Who Come 2014 selected work poetry
Awards
- 2015 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Judith Wright Calanthe Award
- 2015 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Poetry