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1 Full on Mind Chronics Elisabeth Wentworth , Amelia Walker , 2023 single work prose
— Appears in: The Writing Mind : Creative Writing Responses to Images of the Living Brain 2023;
1 The Pilgrimage i "Later, as we lost our way on the back roads", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 63 no. 6 2019; (p. 41)
1 Living Will i "Two strangers certifed your sound mind", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 62 no. 10 2018; (p. 41)
1 A Comparison of Bullies i "What they hated about us most", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 61 no. 12 2017; (p. 90)
1 Urban Howl i "I’m eight oors up in a hotel room", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 61 no. 12 2017; (p. 75)
1 A Charter of Human Joys i "Someone glad to see you", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 61 no. 12 2017; (p. 31)
1 Moving up the Rows i "When I was a silent child in sixth grade", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 61 no. 12 2017; (p. 13)
1 Welcome Surprise Elisabeth Wentworth , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 61 no. 11 2017; (p. 85)

— Review of 100 Australian Poems You Need to Know 2008 anthology poetry

'When it comes to prose, I hate being told what to read--"If you liked... you'll love..." Too many bad personal recommendations have ended badly: the unreadable book put quietly aside after page 25, the friendship re-evaluated--"If they liked this...?"' (Introduction)

1 Carers Required. Apply Everywhere. i "If it takes a village to raise a child,", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 61 no. 10 2017; (p. 53)
1 The Vigil i "It is years now since you learned to breathe and wait", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 61 no. 10 2017; (p. 53)
1 Interrogation i "I'm examining my shortcomings", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 61 no. 10 2017; (p. 53)
1 On Courage i "Courage is the slow burn virtue", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 61 no. 4 2017; (p. 38)
1 According to John i "They pester me to write it down.", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , July - August vol. 60 no. 7- 8 2016; (p. 57)
1 A Weaving for Alice Kavanagh i "Too proud of having made my way", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 60 no. 6 2016; (p. 51)
1 The Interment of the Ashes i "They waited a year", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 60 no. 3 2016; (p. 76)
1 Ivanhoe Park i "Someone's made a rose garden", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 60 no. 12 2016; (p. 81)
1 The Metaphor i "Anatomists insist that the heart is an organ", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 60 no. 11 2016; (p. 55)
1 A Good Pier i "My face is in the sun and my shins are warm with it.", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 60 no. 9 2016; (p. 81)
1 The Legacy i "Your last working days, mid-illness, were spent in retreat", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 59 no. 11 2015; (p. 71)
1 On Forgiveness i "I might have worn those chains for life", Elisabeth Wentworth , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 59 no. 11 2015; (p. 71)
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