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Janet Kenny Janet Kenny i(A28619 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 I Love You Janet Kenny , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Liz Huf Memorial Literary Competition 2013 2014; (p. 74)
1 1 y separately published work icon This Way to Exit Janet Kenny , United States of America (USA) : White Violet Press , 2012 Z1873711 2012 selected work poetry 'Janet Kenny sings-nowhere more so than in this new collection, This Way to the Exit. Music is the underlying trope, symbol and technique of Janet Kenny's outstanding poetic oeuvre, whether as the dedication to this volume ('to music'), or as the explicit (or implicit but vital) topic of so many of her individual poems ('To Franz Schubert', 'Celebrity Recital', 'Antal Szalai's Gypsy Band ...', 'Out Loud', ), or as the incidental figures within poems formally focused elsewhere ('Takeoff' or 'Mangoes'), or (to flip the trope) as Muzak, betokening the god-awful object of the poet's satire ('Butterflies'), or, most quintessentially, as the pervasive word-music that is the emblematic quality of this poet's work. Janet Kenny is a musician, and it really shows in this book. While always remaining true to her individual vision, her work should be placed in the Australian poetic pantheon not very far from Judith Wright's, for its richness, its finely nuanced responsiveness to Australia and its natural and human environment, and for its deep humanity. Paul Stevens~Editor, The Chimaera, The Flea, SCR' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Damn i "Dance in the teeth of destruction my darling,", Janet Kenny , 2002- single work poetry
— Appears in: Poems About War 2002-;
1 Am I Allowed to Say This Yet? i "Chernobyl was just a sign, an indication of the crime.", Janet Kenny , 2002- single work poetry
— Appears in: Poems About War 2002-;
1 Umbrellas i "There was a lull - I'm sure I'm right,", Janet Kenny , 2002- single work poetry
— Appears in: Poems About War 2002-;
1 Patrick White : A Tribute Janet Kenny , 1991 single work biography
— Appears in: Patrick White : A Tribute 1991; (p. 51-53)
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