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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Coming Up for Light
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Paul as always and for Eve, Jean and Elvie.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Chadstone, Murrumbeena - Oakleigh - Springvale area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Pariah Press , 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Encounters with My Mother's Ghosti"I met her", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 9)
Legworki"The thread snagged on my cheek", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 10)
Any Roomi"Any room any life may be the place taken over;", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 11)
Light and the Danceri"Mist and marsh-light behind her", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 12)
Passagei"She stood in the doorway inviting", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 13)
Appearancesi"The pool in shadow.", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 14)
Looking for Andyi"The police knocked early at my daughter's door", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 15)
A Colder Foresti"There is a colder forest where I might live", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 16)
Still Lifei"When it's really bleak you take the cat on your knee.", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 17)
Good Lookingi"Good to look from a tram at the boys propping their corner,", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 18)
Singing in the Raini"Mothproof and dripdry, after our stormy walk", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Windowsi"Somehow it slips by him every night.", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 20)
Householdi"After insult, doubt and shaky bridges,", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 21)
Nani"Careful on the pension she walks past", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 22)
It's a Junglei"It's a jungle out there Hell", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 23)
Substancei"Sometimes china she belongs on the secure span of mantelpiece over solid brick and tile against the wall", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
At Lasti"Nine years old she parcelled the littlies", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 26)
Seven Flightsi"Seven floors down's where The Children play", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 27)
On the Edgei"On the edge", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 28)
The Party of the Second Parti"Well who do they think they are", Aileen Kelly , single work poetry (p. 29)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Chadstone, Murrumbeena - Oakleigh - Springvale area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Pariah Press , 1994 .
      Extent: 80p.
      Note/s:
      • 'Reprinted 2000 for the author' - t.p. verso
      ISBN: 0949245208

Works about this Work

Beyond Craft Penelope Buckley , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , July-August vol. 9 no. 6 1999; (p. 48-49)

— Review of Coming Up for Light Aileen Kelly , 1994 selected work poetry
Different Windows, Different Views Elizabeth Mackie , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , March vol. 7 no. 1 1995; (p. 27-28)

— Review of Passenger on a Ferry Jena Woodhouse , 1994 selected work poetry ; Coming Up for Light Aileen Kelly , 1994 selected work poetry
Daring This World Catherine Bateson , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 141 1995; (p. 61-63)

— Review of In the Church of the Latter Day Consumers Bruce Roberts , 1994 selected work poetry ; This World/This Place Pamela Brown , 1994 selected work poetry prose short story ; Coming Up for Light Aileen Kelly , 1994 selected work poetry
Poetry Shorts Lizz Murphy , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 171 1995; (p. 50)

— Review of Listening to the Train Passing Rod Moran , 1994 selected work poetry ; Winds Alf Taylor , 1994 selected work poetry ; Pearl and Sea Fed Louise Crisp , 1994 selected work poetry ; Coming Up for Light Aileen Kelly , 1994 selected work poetry
Clear Eyes and Muddy Palettes Alan Gould , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 39 no. 5 1995; (p. 78-81)

— Review of Night Rainbows Jan Owen , 1994 selected work poetry ; Our Houses Are Full of Smoke Debbie Westbury , 1994 selected work poetry ; View from the Turret : (World War II) John Millett , 1994 sequence poetry ; South China Dane Thwaites , 1994 selected work poetry ; Flying the Coop : New and Selected Poems 1972-1994 Rhyll McMaster , 1994 selected work poetry ; Burning Swans John Mateer , 1994 selected work poetry ; Coming Up for Light Aileen Kelly , 1994 selected work poetry ; West of Krakatoa : Poems S. K. Kelen , 1994 selected work poetry ; Fireworks and Sparrows : Selected Poems S. S. Charkianakis , 1994 selected work poetry ; Language of the Icons Dipti Saravanamuttu , 1993 selected work poetry
Different Windows, Different Views Elizabeth Mackie , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , March vol. 7 no. 1 1995; (p. 27-28)

— Review of Passenger on a Ferry Jena Woodhouse , 1994 selected work poetry ; Coming Up for Light Aileen Kelly , 1994 selected work poetry
Love and Lust in Memorial Debut Heather Cam , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 September 1995; (p. 14A)

— Review of The City of Home Thomas Shapcott , 1995 selected work poetry ; Mortal Instruments : Poems 1990-1995 Bruce Dawe , 1995 selected work poetry ; Coming Up for Light Aileen Kelly , 1994 selected work poetry ; Making Country Barrett Reid , 1995 selected work poetry
Clear Eyes and Muddy Palettes Alan Gould , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 39 no. 5 1995; (p. 78-81)

— Review of Night Rainbows Jan Owen , 1994 selected work poetry ; Our Houses Are Full of Smoke Debbie Westbury , 1994 selected work poetry ; View from the Turret : (World War II) John Millett , 1994 sequence poetry ; South China Dane Thwaites , 1994 selected work poetry ; Flying the Coop : New and Selected Poems 1972-1994 Rhyll McMaster , 1994 selected work poetry ; Burning Swans John Mateer , 1994 selected work poetry ; Coming Up for Light Aileen Kelly , 1994 selected work poetry ; West of Krakatoa : Poems S. K. Kelen , 1994 selected work poetry ; Fireworks and Sparrows : Selected Poems S. S. Charkianakis , 1994 selected work poetry ; Language of the Icons Dipti Saravanamuttu , 1993 selected work poetry
Poetry Shorts Lizz Murphy , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 171 1995; (p. 50)

— Review of Listening to the Train Passing Rod Moran , 1994 selected work poetry ; Winds Alf Taylor , 1994 selected work poetry ; Pearl and Sea Fed Louise Crisp , 1994 selected work poetry ; Coming Up for Light Aileen Kelly , 1994 selected work poetry
Daring This World Catherine Bateson , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 141 1995; (p. 61-63)

— Review of In the Church of the Latter Day Consumers Bruce Roberts , 1994 selected work poetry ; This World/This Place Pamela Brown , 1994 selected work poetry prose short story ; Coming Up for Light Aileen Kelly , 1994 selected work poetry
ASAL Literary Awards 1995 : The Mary Gilmore Award Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , October no. 35 1995; (p. 17)
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