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Epigraph: 'For the necessity of reading and being read is a dream from which we cannot awaken.' - Barbara Johnson
Contents
* Contents derived from the
South Fremantle,
Fremantle area,
South West Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Fremantle Press
, 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- A Hundred Years of Sleepingi"you can't open your eyes because the lids have", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Sleepingi"nose to nose, your breath", single work poetry (p. 8)
- See Mei"we lie awry like crash dummies", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Tombi"i should at least have inquired about the urns", single work poetry (p. 10)
- White Owli"as visible as the dark of the moon", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Selvedge : I : Hiding Somethingi"light from the refinery coats all in plasma", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Selvedge : II : Orientationi"to my left the road maps itself", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Selvedge : III : Ghost of a Train Stationi"crowd stands in the pattern", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Selvedge : IV : It Moves Glass on Glassi"curled in the silence of my own", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Body Languagei"here", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Morningi"morning pauses", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Death of the Angeli"when i found her hideout", single work poetry (p. 16)
- If I Could Pour Wine for Youi"i think of you - a transient londoner", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Hole in the Walli"her father pushed her mother pushed her through herself", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Laundromat Laundromati"He'd felt the matamorphosis,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Jacki"he propped the nicotine stained beanie", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Veili"she is always somewhere", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Father/Daughteri"it was he who taught her how to shoot", single work poetry (p. 22)
- She is Teachingi"My grandmother is teaching me how to bundle the wheat,", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Other Women/Other Messagesi"they began vaguely, dustings of skin cells", single work poetry (p. 25)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Mary Gilmore Award for a First Collection of Poetry [Judges Report]
Sharyn Pearce
,
Vivienne Muller
,
Patrick Buckridge
,
Philip Neilsen
,
1997
single work
column
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , October no. 39 1997; (p. 18) -
Poetry Shorts
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 196 1997; (p. 57)
— Review of Night Reversing 1996 selected work poetry ; Our Territory 1997 selected work poetry ; Pearls and Bullets 1997 selected work poetry -
Dovetails and Other W/Edges
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , Spring vol. 9 no. 2-3 1997; (p. 9-10)
— Review of The Book of Possibilities 1997 selected work poetry ; Night Reversing 1996 selected work poetry ; Working Temple : Poems 1997 selected work poetry ; Botany Bay Document : A Poetic History of the Women of Botany Bay 1996 selected work poetry
-
Dovetails and Other W/Edges
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , Spring vol. 9 no. 2-3 1997; (p. 9-10)
— Review of The Book of Possibilities 1997 selected work poetry ; Night Reversing 1996 selected work poetry ; Working Temple : Poems 1997 selected work poetry ; Botany Bay Document : A Poetic History of the Women of Botany Bay 1996 selected work poetry -
Poetry Shorts
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 196 1997; (p. 57)
— Review of Night Reversing 1996 selected work poetry ; Our Territory 1997 selected work poetry ; Pearls and Bullets 1997 selected work poetry -
The Mary Gilmore Award for a First Collection of Poetry [Judges Report]
Sharyn Pearce
,
Vivienne Muller
,
Patrick Buckridge
,
Philip Neilsen
,
1997
single work
column
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , October no. 39 1997; (p. 18)
Awards
- 1997 winner ASAL Awards — Mary Gilmore Award for a First Book of Poetry
- 1997 winner Anne Elder Award
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