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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Whirling
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Notes

  • Dedication: For David Constantine
  • Epigraph: 'From the shadows of the prehistoric world emerge dying religions that have not yet invented gods or goddesses, but live by the mystery of the elemental powers of the Universe, by the complex vitalities of what we feebly call Nature.' -- D.H. Lawrence, Etruscan Places

Contents

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Melbourne, Victoria,:Oxford University Press , 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Summer's Breathi"At the first real heat, analogies", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 3)
What Lanes Reveali"Nameless ways oddly bumbling away by", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 4)
Gloryingi"Small things first,", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Timber : I Comfort and Cousin Truth : Ii"When the pearly rain", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 7)
Timber : II Comfort and Cousin Truth : IIi"Against the blue, against the whatsoever,", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 8)
Timber : IIIi"The tousled children", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 8)
Timber : IVi"In boyhood, there was fascination with mallee roots,", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 9)
Timber : Vi"A dark season lurked", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 9)
Timber : VIi"Lingered smell of Scotch pine,", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 9)
Timber : VII After the Tree-Felleri"The shouldering ash-tree,", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 10)
Timber : VIII Woodi"Alone, in coffee-coloured twilight", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Timber : IXi"Ebony, balsa, oak, mahogany,", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 11)
Tough Timesi"But hang on, whose city are we living in?", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 12)
Wanting to be a Sculptori"to make iron grow like a tree", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Whistle Stopi"I heard a bloke whistling the other month", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 14)
An Equine Prospecti"Some undistinguished evening,", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 15)
Glitteri"The common mind is a winter palace:", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 16)
Samarkand Samarkandi"Ah, golden smell of Turkestan,", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 17)
Place Names: The Namei"Fauve Collioure", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Idea of Memory at 33 Celsiusi"Who then is it speaking through me", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 19)

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Works about this Work

"The Edge of Something": Stasis and Rebirth in the Recent Poetry of Chris Wallace-Crabbe Cassandra Atherton , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 17 no. 1 2003; (p. 38-43)
From the vantage point of a personal relationship with the author, Atherton explores Wallace-Crabbe's recent poetry and notices a shift from melancholy and resignation to a more sensual, sexual and occasionally even erotic tone.
Kristeva at the Ministry of Sound Robert Potts , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Poetry Review , Spring vol. 89 no. 1 1999; (p. 101-103)

— Review of Whirling Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1998 selected work poetry ; Late Night Radio John Tranter , 1998 selected work poetry ; Different Hands : Seven Stories John Tranter , 1998 selected work prose
Untitled Brian Henry , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 6 August no. 5027 1999; (p. 25)

— Review of Whirling Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1998 selected work poetry
Untitled Dmetri Kakmi , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Heat , no. 11 1999; (p. 250-253)

— Review of Whirling Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1998 selected work poetry
Fine Lines on the Themes of Love and Death Gig Ryan , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 February 1999; (p. 10)

— Review of Whirling Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1998 selected work poetry
Thirteen Ways David McCooey , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , August vol. 3 no. 5 1998; (p. 14-15,31)

— Review of Whirling Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1998 selected work poetry ; Damaged Glamour John Forbes , 1998 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems Philip Salom , 1998 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems Anthony Lawrence , 1998 selected work poetry
Personal Shadows Anthony Lawrence , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 205 1998; (p. 34)

— Review of Whirling Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1998 selected work poetry
Fine Lines on the Themes of Love and Death Gig Ryan , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 February 1999; (p. 10)

— Review of Whirling Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1998 selected work poetry
Untitled Dmetri Kakmi , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Heat , no. 11 1999; (p. 250-253)

— Review of Whirling Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1998 selected work poetry
Untitled Brian Henry , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 6 August no. 5027 1999; (p. 25)

— Review of Whirling Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1998 selected work poetry
"The Edge of Something": Stasis and Rebirth in the Recent Poetry of Chris Wallace-Crabbe Cassandra Atherton , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 17 no. 1 2003; (p. 38-43)
From the vantage point of a personal relationship with the author, Atherton explores Wallace-Crabbe's recent poetry and notices a shift from melancholy and resignation to a more sensual, sexual and occasionally even erotic tone.
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