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y separately published work icon Moon Over Melbourne : Poems selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Yu Ouyang http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/ouyang-yu
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Moon Over Melbourne : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Upper Ferntree Gully, Ferntree Gully area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Papyrus Publishing , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Moon Over Melbournei"a night without time", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 8-10)
A Different Mooni"Shining on the dark red tears of wattles", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 11)
Untitledi"the moon is made for love", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 11)
Untitledi"To be poor and content", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
A Night Walki"a moon", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 13)
Song for an Exile in Australia "in a loveless season in Australia" Liufangzhe De Ge, Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
In Australia : Two Emperors Met in Melbournei"his name is liu bang the name of that famous emperor who united", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
The Day Nothing Happened in Melbournei"You wanted to write poems that day", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
In Australia : Word, My Last Saviouri"Word, you are my last saviour", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 20)
Going Madi"in a non-descript australian suburb", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 21)
In Australia : Spring at Kingsbury, Melbournei"on a long empty street", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 22)
In Australia : One of Themi"i know how lonely sometimes they can be", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
And Footnotesi"they look so out of place everywhere", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 25)
Winteri"rain is the only intimate voice", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 25)
After Death, After Orgasmi"living in australia is like", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Alien In Australia : Alieni"I stand on this land", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 28)
Birthdayi"september 29 this year will be my 36 birthday", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Homeless Againi"on the eve of Chinese New Year", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 32)
Reading Magazinesi"is like window shopping without intending to buy anything", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 33)
Memory of a Night in Melbournei"it's a curious night", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
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Death of Sexi"is something i'd like to write about but am afraid", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Riveri"The river dies at night", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 11)
Birdsi"Playing", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 12)
Making Love with Timei"making love under poetry", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 13)
Sex Noticei"I have come to this country for 90 days", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 16)
Untitledi"The plums in my garden are red", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 19)
Untitled Againi"Maybe I'll find you in a street", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 19)
Untitled for This Seasoni"last week for a whole seven days", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 20)
Springi"this could be the season of sowing seeds", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 22)
Condom, Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 22)
With Whom?i"Somehow the kiss is cold", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 23)
A Chinese Sojourner in Australiai"Since there is no one to love", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 23)
If Winter Comesi"Now you often tell yourself", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 24)
I Love Youi"I don't remember having said that at all", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 25)
Tell Me What Should I Doi"if i fell in love with someone at first sight?", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 26)
I, a Racist Chinese Fatheri"The other day my son came back from school asking me father what did it mean you fucking", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 28)
Word Prison : A Lessoni"what does it mean, word prison? your son asked", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 30)
In a Shop of Ringsi"the middle-aged lady's eyes", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 31)
The Solitary Chinesei"It is too late already when he realises", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 32)
Fuck You, Australia : From a Penniless Gambleri"when i was boarding the CAAC plane for home which is of course china", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 34)

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Works about this Work

Creative Migration : ‘To Emigrate Inwardly’ Yu Ouyang , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , October 2021;

'No one, particularly an intellectual or artist, migrates just for money (1). In my case, I didn’t even entertain thoughts of migration when I left for Australia in mid-April 1991; I went there to merely pursue academic studies in the hope of getting a PhD degree.' (Introduction)

The Year the Dragon Came : Post-Tiananmen Stories Nicholas Jose , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 444-451)
Writing Chinese Diaspora : After the 'White Australia Policy' Deborah L. Madsen , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Down Under : Australian Literary Studies Reader 2009; (p. 263-270) Australian Made : A Multicultural Reader 2010; (p. 158-172)
An overview of Chinese-Australian writing.
Returnee Scholars: Ouyang Yu, the Displaced Poet and the Sea Turtle Kam Louie , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bias : Offensively Chinese/Australian : A Collection of Essays on China and Australia 2007; (p. 249-263)
Sleep No More : Ouyang Yu's Wake-up Call to Multicultural Australia Wenche Ommundsen , 2005 single work essay
— Appears in: Culture, Identity, Commodity : Diasporic Chinese Literature in English 2005; (p. 231-251)
Altered Images Neil James , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , April vol. 2 no. 3 1997; (p. 11-12,30)

— Review of Bitter Peaches and Plums : Two Chinese Novellas on the Recent Chinese Student Experience in Australia Guande Liu , Jun Huangfu , 1995 selected work novella ; Moon Over Melbourne : Poems Yu Ouyang , 1995 selected work poetry ; Footprints on Paper : An Anthology of Australian Writing in English and Chinese 1996 anthology poetry short story
Two New Poets Liat Kirby , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Reviews , December-January (1995-1996) no. 177 1995; (p. 56-57)

— Review of Moon Over Melbourne : Poems Yu Ouyang , 1995 selected work poetry
[Review] Moon Over Melbourne : Poems Helene Brophy , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Multicultural Book Review , vol. 4 no. 1 1996; (p. 45-46) Bias : Offensively Chinese/Australian : A Collection of Essays on China and Australia 2007; (p. 264-265)

— Review of Moon Over Melbourne : Poems Yu Ouyang , 1995 selected work poetry
[Review] Moon Over Melbourne : Poems 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , July vol. 17 no. 3 1998; (p. 51)

— Review of Moon Over Melbourne : Poems Yu Ouyang , 1995 selected work poetry
Sleep No More : Ouyang Yu's Wake-up Call to Multicultural Australia Wenche Ommundsen , 2005 single work essay
— Appears in: Culture, Identity, Commodity : Diasporic Chinese Literature in English 2005; (p. 231-251)
Returnee Scholars: Ouyang Yu, the Displaced Poet and the Sea Turtle Kam Louie , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bias : Offensively Chinese/Australian : A Collection of Essays on China and Australia 2007; (p. 249-263)
Writing Chinese Diaspora : After the 'White Australia Policy' Deborah L. Madsen , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Down Under : Australian Literary Studies Reader 2009; (p. 263-270) Australian Made : A Multicultural Reader 2010; (p. 158-172)
An overview of Chinese-Australian writing.
Aozhou Xin Hua Ren Wen Xue Zhong De Si Wang Chaoying Qian , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Otherland , March no. 5 1999; (p. 96-110)

— Appears in: Otherland , no. 7 2001; (p. 225-242)
Beyond the 'Textual Suburbs' : Poetry and Travel Lyn Jacobs , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Soundings : Poetry and Poetics : Proceedings of the Third Biennial National Conference on Poetry, Adelaide, 7-9 November, 1997 1998; (p. 71-81)
"Examines the ways in which crosscultural experience transforms transported ideas about language and poetry" (Introduction, Lyn Jacobs and Jeri Kroll) and discusses the position of the poet (as traveller or migrant) in an alien environment.
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