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Robert Harris Robert Harris i(A12436 works by)
Also writes as: Orson Rattray Der
Born: Established: 1951 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 24 Mar 1993 Summer Hill, Ashfield - Burwood area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 Putting on Poetry Robert Harris , single work prose humour
1 11 y separately published work icon The Gang of One : Selected Poems of Robert Harris Robert Harris , Judith Beveridge (editor), Flinders Lane : Grand Parade Poets , 2019 16343934 2019 selected work poetry

'Grand Parade Poets are pleased to be publishing The Gang of One, the Selected Poems of Robert Harris, edited by Judith Beveridge with an introduction by Philip Mead. Though well represented in anthologies, Harris (1951-1993) is a major writer who has until now missed out on the Selected Poems milestone. Unaligned with any ‘faction’, though a close friend to many in the poetry/literary community, Harris is a very fine poet with this for an important hallmark: the variety of his subject matter and inspiration. Consider this for starters: you turn the page from a suite of poems fired by the World War 2 sinking of HMAS Sydney and then you are in Tudor England, with all the plots and counter-plots surrounding Lady Jane Grey, the ‘nine day queen’ and martyr. And beyond even the variety there are two things which truly anchor the Harris opus: his commitment to writing of and about Australia (though never to the exclusion of others, nor in any phoney nationalist manner) and his Christian faith, which probably was his poetry’s bedrock. Here is a volume of verse both gritty and humane, by a decided ‘one off’. Both his memory and Australian literature deserve it.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Crossing : Conversations at the Ferry Mark Brennan , Raymond Island : Wind and Water Press , 1997 Z1528114 1997 selected work poetry
1 The Enthusiast i "The brutal man", Robert Harris , 1996 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996; (p. 236)
1 The Carriers Off of the Dead Robert Harris , 1995 single work prose
— Appears in: Ulitarra , no. 7 1995; (p. 112-116) The Oxford Book of Australian Essays 1997; (p. 253-257)
1 To John Kinsella, Poet, of Jane R [2.2.1992] Robert Harris , 1994 single work criticism biography correspondence
— Appears in: Scripsi , June vol. 9 no. 2 1994; (p. 21-29)
1 Keeping a Journal (for Jonathan) i "blue cylinders on blond wood, the claret", Robert Harris , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: Scripsi , June vol. 9 no. 2 1994; (p. 17)
1 [Untitled] (from The A to Z of How to Be a Poet) Robert Harris , 1994 extract humour
— Appears in: Ulitarra , no. 6 1994; (p. 86-92)
1 Lunch Hour Transfer i "Our uniform discreet as it was bland,", Robert Harris , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: Ulitarra , no. 6 1994; (p. 84-85)
1 Reading the Hymn Book i "If now I would speak far less, if now", Robert Harris , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: Ulitarra , no. 3 1993; (p. 10-11) Scripsi , June vol. 9 no. 2 1994; (p. 18-19)
1 Little `Iliad' i "Achilles is always going to be late.", Robert Harris , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 131 1993; (p. 10-13)
1 E is for Editors (from The A to Z of How to be a Poet) Robert Harris , 1993 extract
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 131 1993; (p. 7-9)
1 Robert Harris 1951-1993 : Autobiographical Notes Robert Harris , 1993 single work biography
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 131 1993; (p. 4-6)
1 Don't Feel Sorry About It i "Don't feel sorry about it, if you remember", Robert Harris , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Age , 10 April 1993; (p. 7) Australian Book Review , August no. 413 2019; (p. 57)
1 Metropolitan Scenes i "An editor would like it known, in the paper,", Robert Harris , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems 1992; (p. 85)
1 Theatre of Ideas in the Shadow of the Chair Robert Harris , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 127 1992; (p. 89-90)
— Review of Sixteen Words for Water : A Play in Two Acts Billy Marshall-Stoneking , 1991 single work drama
1 Letter to John Dudley i "You're not loved, John as ever, though there's one", Robert Harris , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems 1992; (p. 129-131)
1 Biographer i "Pearls of an adult woman guard her throat", Robert Harris , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems 1992; (p. 128)
1 Lord Guildford Dudley, His Madrigal i "In a romance I'll bombard to free my wife.", Robert Harris , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems 1992; (p. 127)
1 Sir Thos. Chaloner (the Elder) Naps i "What was the ambassador writing? His report.", Robert Harris , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems 1992; (p. 125-126)
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