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Asparagus Bones single work   poetry   "Thirstland talc light"
Is part of The Sunraysia Poems Les Murray , 1998 sequence poetry
  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Asparagus Bones
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Adelaide Review no. 177 June 1998 Z608941 1998 periodical issue 1998 pg. 28
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Kunapipi vol. 20 no. 3 1998 Z617122 1998 periodical issue 1998 pg. 52
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Age 6 June 1998 Z660236 1998 newspaper issue 1998 pg. 8 Section: Holiday
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    y separately published work icon The Sydney Morning Herald 13 June 1998 Z660462 1998 newspaper issue 1998 pg. 8 Section: Holiday
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Learning Human : New Selected Poems Les Murray , Manchester : Carcanet , 2001 Z1153302 2001 selected work poetry Manchester : Carcanet , 2001 pg. 170-171
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Works about this Work

Farming Futures : Views from the Millewa-Mallee, Past and Present Melinda Hinkson , 2024 single work essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , February no. 83 2024; (p. 162-172) 'Following one of many trips to attend the Mildura Writers Festival, Les Murray penned ‘Asparagus Bones’. Published in 1998, the poem recounts a memorable late-afternoon winter’s drive across the north-western Victorian hinterland in the company of his friend, celebrated restaurateur Stefano de Pieri. As daylight ‘softened into blusher’, they arrived at a farm where his friend let himself in and fetched a box of ‘fossil bones’, asparagus, from a coolroom. The two of them then discussed how unlocked farm doors are ‘emblems of a good society’.' (Introduction)
Les Murray : Not an Encomium Stefano de Pieri , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , June no. 160 2019; (p. 44-46) 'This is about Les Murray as I knew him. It is not an encomium but a story about how I came to know him—if you can ever know someone like him.' (Introduction)
Les Murray : Not an Encomium Stefano de Pieri , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , June no. 160 2019; (p. 44-46) 'This is about Les Murray as I knew him. It is not an encomium but a story about how I came to know him—if you can ever know someone like him.' (Introduction)
Farming Futures : Views from the Millewa-Mallee, Past and Present Melinda Hinkson , 2024 single work essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , February no. 83 2024; (p. 162-172) 'Following one of many trips to attend the Mildura Writers Festival, Les Murray penned ‘Asparagus Bones’. Published in 1998, the poem recounts a memorable late-afternoon winter’s drive across the north-western Victorian hinterland in the company of his friend, celebrated restaurateur Stefano de Pieri. As daylight ‘softened into blusher’, they arrived at a farm where his friend let himself in and fetched a box of ‘fossil bones’, asparagus, from a coolroom. The two of them then discussed how unlocked farm doors are ‘emblems of a good society’.' (Introduction)
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