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y separately published work icon Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Gig Ryan http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/ryan-gig
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues)
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Chippendale, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Picador , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
You Benefiti"They go and spend their crumbs playing pool,", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 7)
1965i"The river winding red and green with corpses", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 8)
About P.S.i"The authorities plant a hammer for you to kill by.", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 9)
Alreadyi"You're back from Melbourne", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 10)
Chorusi"I wake up without deception", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 11)
Excavation Excavationi"I go out and get more smack", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Love's Pillagei"The false drugged light in your face", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 14)
Importi"Loneliness chucks out before me like a rug", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 15)
Dawni"Drugs shatter on the mirror", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 16)
Napoleoni"True love's a big pain", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 17)
Penelopei"An ordeal,", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
For Katrina (Brighton, 1984) (For Catriona)i"The sensitive newsreader cries in Ethiopia", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 20)
Variously Packed Upi"It's sickening the way she talks down to him", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Mind's Shacks are Stranded and Overpopulated, South Africai"They get shot for going to the funeral", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 22)
His New Voicei"The phone, a noisy little codger,", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 23)
On First Looking into Fairfax's Heraldi"Mr Gromyko observes Washington's autumn rain,", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 24)
Previewi"The drug correctly makes you feel worthless", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Killing Fields, Nominatedi"The journo heroically watches the bomber planes dive", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 26)
Fake Worki"He moves around perfectly handsomely", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 27)
Convalescei"Dear X, Fiji is wonderful", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 28)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Four Women Poets Anne Brewster , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Bird Catcher's Song : A Salt Anthology of Contemporary Poetry 1992; (p. 242-247)
Untitled John Kinsella , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , Winter vol. 37 no. 2 1992; (p. 84-85)

— Review of Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) Gig Ryan , 1990 selected work poetry
Some New Poetry of 1991 S. K. Kelen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 52 no. 1 1992; (p. 173-177)

— Review of Folds in the Map Andrew Taylor , 1991 selected work poetry ; A Madder Dance Sarah Day , 1991 selected work poetry ; This is the Stone / Pharaohs Returning Alison Croggon , Fiona Perry , 1991 selected work poetry ; Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) Gig Ryan , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Dorothy Hewett , 1991 selected work poetry ; Plain Dreaming : New and Selected Poems Joyce Lee , 1991 selected work poetry ; Bald Hill with Gliders : Poems Ron Pretty , 1991 selected work poetry
Inner and Outer Rooms Martin Duwell , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 January 1991; (p. rev 5)

— Review of Children's Games Geoffrey Lehmann , 1990 selected work poetry ; Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) Gig Ryan , 1990 selected work poetry
Five Poets Cover Wide Range of Styles, Subjects S. K. Kelen , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 July 1991; (p. C8)

— Review of Figs : Poems Kate Llewellyn , 1990 selected work poetry ; Beauty Is the Straw : Poems Amy Witting , 1991 selected work poetry ; This is the Stone / Pharaohs Returning Alison Croggon , Fiona Perry , 1991 selected work poetry ; Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) Gig Ryan , 1990 selected work poetry
Love in the Time of Politics John Forbes , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Herald , 16 September 1990; (p. 32)

— Review of The House of Vitriol Peter Rose , 1990 selected work poetry ; Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) Gig Ryan , 1990 selected work poetry
Spotting Gritty and Droll Allusions at 100 Words Thomas Shapcott , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 September 1990; (p. 7)

— Review of The House of Vitriol Peter Rose , 1990 selected work poetry ; Blue Notes Laurie Duggan , 1990 selected work poetry ; Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) Gig Ryan , 1990 selected work poetry ; Children's Games Geoffrey Lehmann , 1990 selected work poetry
Dispassion and Passion Cath Kenneally , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 122 1991; (p. 79-81)

— Review of The House of Vitriol Peter Rose , 1990 selected work poetry ; Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) Gig Ryan , 1990 selected work poetry
Some New Poetry of 1991 S. K. Kelen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 52 no. 1 1992; (p. 173-177)

— Review of Folds in the Map Andrew Taylor , 1991 selected work poetry ; A Madder Dance Sarah Day , 1991 selected work poetry ; This is the Stone / Pharaohs Returning Alison Croggon , Fiona Perry , 1991 selected work poetry ; Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) Gig Ryan , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Dorothy Hewett , 1991 selected work poetry ; Plain Dreaming : New and Selected Poems Joyce Lee , 1991 selected work poetry ; Bald Hill with Gliders : Poems Ron Pretty , 1991 selected work poetry
Currency John Foulcher , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 35 no. 7-8 1991; (p. 102-105)

— Review of Poetry Australia no. 125 Heather Cam , 1990 periodical issue ; Verandahs Jean Kent , 1990 selected work poetry ; Poet of the 21st Century : Harry Hooton : Collected Poems Harry Hooton , 1990 collected work poetry essay ; Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) Gig Ryan , 1990 selected work poetry ; Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 Mark O'Connor , 1990 selected work poetry ; W.J. Turner : selected poetry W. J. Turner , 1989 selected work poetry
Four Women Poets Anne Brewster , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Bird Catcher's Song : A Salt Anthology of Contemporary Poetry 1992; (p. 242-247)
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