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* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Hale and Iremonger
, 1984 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Buddha Speaksi"I have reached Nirvana. I have no desires.", single work poetry
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Two Poets Read at a Tangent (From Work Journals)
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 79 no. 3 2022; (p. 83-86)
— Review of Manners of an Astronaut 1984 selected work poetry ; Thirsty Weather 1978 selected work poetry 'Just finished re-reading Gig Ryan's Manners of an Astronaut (1984), her second collection of poetry. The switches within a sentence often across lines of one expression to another, from one image to another seemingly unrelated is always deft. Jerky movements of perception brought into counterpoint "alignment," so to speak. We see all failed manners—then their contraries—dragged into the failed vision of day; failed "manners" and a desire to make sense when sense is disrupted.'(Introduction)
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Prayers to Touch the Least Prayerful
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 November 1985; (p. 46)
— Review of Manners of an Astronaut 1984 selected work poetry ; Your Shadow : (Poems 1980-83) 1984 selected work poetry -
Gig Ryan : Speed Without Madness
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Scripsi , April vol. 3 no. 1 1985; (p. 145-146)
— Review of Manners of an Astronaut 1984 selected work poetry -
Booknotes. Poetry
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 68 1985; (p. 39)
— Review of Manners of an Astronaut 1984 selected work poetry -
Three Poets as `The Watcher'
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 71 1985; (p. 25)
— Review of She Moves Mountains 1984 selected work poetry ; Manners of an Astronaut 1984 selected work poetry
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Accessibility and Myth : Gig Ryan and A.D. Hope
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 44 no. 3 1985; (p. 413-419)
— Review of Manners of an Astronaut 1984 selected work poetry ; The Age of Reason 1985 selected work poetry -
Seeking that Mysterious Movement
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 2 October vol. 106 no. 5436 1984; (p. 80-81)
— Review of Breakfasts in Shanghai 1984 selected work poetry ; India Ink : A Collection of Prose Poems Written in India 1984 selected work poetry short story ; The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Your Shadow : (Poems 1980-83) 1984 selected work poetry ; Windfalls : Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Wollongong Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Listening at Night 1984 selected work poetry ; Manners of an Astronaut 1984 selected work poetry ; The Skylight 1984 selected work poetry -
High and Low : Ranges of New Poetry
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 99 1985; (p. 70-72)
— Review of Breakfasts in Shanghai 1984 selected work poetry ; At the Institute for Total Recall 1984 selected work poetry ; The Day the River 1984 selected work poetry ; Your Shadow : (Poems 1980-83) 1984 selected work poetry ; Pillows on the Thorn 1984 selected work poetry ; Manners of an Astronaut 1984 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems : 1963-1983 1984 selected work poetry ; Dark Cottage 1984 selected work poetry ; The Truth about Unicorns 1984 selected work poetry ; Slow Tennis : Poems: 1980-1983 1984 selected work poetry ; The Night Parrot 1984 selected work poetry ; Statues Don't Bleed 1984 selected work poetry -
Imitation and Independence
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Autumn no. 22 1985; (p. 53-55)
— Review of The Kommon Sense Poetry Booque 1984 anthology poetry ; At the Institute for Total Recall 1984 selected work poetry ; The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Messages of Things 1984 selected work poetry ; Listening at Night 1984 selected work poetry ; Earth and Solitude 1984 selected work poetry ; Manners of an Astronaut 1984 selected work poetry ; Slow Tennis : Poems: 1980-1983 1984 selected work poetry -
Three Poets as `The Watcher'
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 71 1985; (p. 25)
— Review of She Moves Mountains 1984 selected work poetry ; Manners of an Astronaut 1984 selected work poetry
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