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1 Baby Doll Pyjamas i "to even up the more stoic exactitudes –", Melinda Bufton , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 111 2024;
1 Self-portrait in Joy Hester Pocket Mirror i "All hail my inner bones, things have been troped", Melinda Bufton , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 79 2023; (p. 45)
1 Counter Their Sneak Plays i "We swing so close to cliché when we invoke the characters of", Melinda Bufton , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: In Your Hands 2020; (p. 19)
1 Melinda Bufton Reviews Ursula Robinson-Shaw’s Noonday Melinda Bufton , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , October no. 97 and 98 2020;
— Review of Noonday Ursula Robinson-Shaw , 2019 selected work poetry
1 1 y separately published work icon Moxie Melinda Bufton , Sydney : Vagabond Press , 2020 18541714 2020 selected work poetry

'Moxie traverses the office landscape of our collective psyche, restlessly moving between the interior monologue of daily ruminations and epic-like career narratives lying in wait. The hustle gives way to survival, cresting back into gritty victories via the feminist acquisition of corporate language. Open-plan everything, filing cabinets bursting; the promise of the ladder, beckoning you in.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 Fixings of Musedom (or How to Use a Muse) i "I mean it to be a thing that is lank but fond like a dead feather boa no-one can remember who it belonged to originally god", Melinda Bufton , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 233 2018; (p. 106)
1 2 y separately published work icon Superette Melinda Bufton , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2018 15278942 2018 selected work poetry

'Superette’s speaker assumes the guise of an audacious flâneuse with a practiced eye for detail. A combination of Dorothy Parker wit, burlesque, and punk, this citizen stylist observes urban life anew. The collection pulsates with sneaky beats and sharp observations of latent and not-so-latent fantasies. Her poems swell with lunch-hour humidity, re-envisioning our everyday routines and small intimacies.  Be prepared to surrender to Superette’s artful turns and city pockets, as Bufton leads us through a contemporary expanse with effortless flair.'   (Publication summary)
1 Steamripper i "You say to the tailor I’m looking for High Concept, and it makes for collaborations", Melinda Bufton , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , May vol. 8 no. 1 2018;
1 The Possible Dream (Buying Jeans Online) i "I don’t know. Does Eileen Myles think this much", Melinda Bufton , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 57 2017;
1 'Secretly Penned' i "Terra null of you smacked pink hide", Melinda Bufton , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Feminist Poetry 2016; (p. 110)
1 Ms Alterity i "Franes Bean's twitter yields", Melinda Bufton , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Feminist Poetry 2016; (p. 109)
1 Autumn Royal, She Woke & Rose Melinda Bufton , 2016 single work essay review
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 76 no. 2 2016; 'A recent article in The Guardian profiled contemporary British artist Tracey Emin reassembling her most famous and award-winning work “My Bed” (1998) for an upcoming exhibition at the Tate Liverpool. The journalist observes her installation of the twenty-year old component parts and comments that Emin appears to be slightly squeamish about some of the ziplock-bagged items; the condoms, used tissues, the ’90s cigarette butts.' (Introduction)
1 On the Occasion of Gig Ryan’s Sixtieth Birthday : A Sapphic Collaboration i "That it's pure, when it comes from their mouth, well I'd", Michael Farrell , Yu Ouyang , Louis Armand , Bonny Cassidy , Kate Lilley , John Hand , Toby Fitch , Tracy Ryan , John Kinsella , Ella O'Keefe , Kate Fagan , Aden Rolfe , Melinda Bufton , Lisa Gorton , Liam Ferney , Ann Vickery , Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng , Corey Wakeling (editor), 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , November 2016; Overland , Summer no. 225 2016; (p. 58)
1 Melinda Bufton Reviews Drones and Phantoms by Jennifer Maiden Melinda Bufton , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , October no. 18 2015;
— Review of Drones and Phantoms Jennifer Maiden , 2014 selected work poetry
1 Review : Julie Chevalier, Darger : His Girls Melinda Bufton , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 74 no. 3 2014;
— Review of Darger : A Sequence of Poems Julie Chevalier , 2012 sequence poetry
1 Tastemaker Allowables i "i. I don’t save anything for good", Melinda Bufton , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , November no. 48.0 2014;
1 2 y separately published work icon Girlery Melinda Bufton , Hobart : Inken , 2014 7685652 2014 selected work poetry

'The debut collection of poetry by Melinda Bufton.'
1 Review Short : Melinda Smith’s Drag down to Unlock or Place an Emergency Call Melinda Bufton , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 47.0 2014;
— Review of Drag Down to Unlock or Place an Emergency Call Melinda Smith , 2014 selected work poetry
1 Girlfriend Experience i "Nobody told me that The Bell Jar was", Melinda Bufton , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , Autumn no. 12 2014; (p. 116)
1 Review Short : Jo Langdon’s ‘Snowline Melinda Bufton , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 41 2013;
— Review of Snowline Jo Langdon , 2012 selected work poetry
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