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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Scar Country
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Draw a Lioni"they said. With a yellow noose I caught one", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 4)
Always the Motheri"She waits for you to call", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Medea's Dreami"I carried you into the earth", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 7)
The Mothersi"are breathing into my left ear.", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 8)
Notes for the Drowned Girli"i slip off the footpath", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 9-11)
Moonboati"full tide reels you", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 12)
Tony Washes Beryl's Hairi"Sundays, she brought a chair into the yard", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 13)
Note: Varies from both earlier versions.
Wisdomi"The needle stings me numb. I listen, drop-jawed", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 14)
Job Searchi"There's a woman crying at the CES", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 15)
Man Scani"Corpse-like I'm laid out beneath the probe.", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 16)
Inductioni"'Say goodbye to dignity'", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 17)
Birth of the Minotaur in a Public Ward, Rebecca Edwards , sequence poetry
Sequence of seven numbered and individually titled poems.
(p. 17-23)
Birthmarki"Today I wrote a poem", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 18)
Birth of the Minotaur in a Public Wardi"Lunge for the matador's mirror", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 19)
Afterbirthi"That's not the end of it", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 20)
Sliding on Bonei"i almost remember how it was", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 21)
Softnessi"You come to me", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 22)
"Under the white petal-drifts" Stealing Frangipanii"I go for the red one", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 23)
Note: Number seven in the sequence 'Birth of a Minotaur in a Public Ward'.
Apologyi"O Hitendra the taxi driver", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 27)
Finding My Voice, Who is Big, Bald and Bisexual but Still Manages to Look Like Marilyni"My voice and I", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 28)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Brentley Frazer Reviews Rebecca Edwards Brentley Frazer , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 15 2003;

— Review of Scar Country Rebecca Edwards , 2000 selected work poetry
New 90s Australian Poetry: Violence and Mythopoeia Debbie Comerford , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 15 no. 1 2001; (p. 52)

— Review of Scar Country Rebecca Edwards , 2000 selected work poetry
Big Brazen Women with Strong Thighs Jo Lampert , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Coppertales : A Journal of Rural Arts , no. 7 2001; (p. 109-110)

— Review of Scar Country Rebecca Edwards , 2000 selected work poetry
'I Still Believe in Jeffrey Hunter' : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 164 2001; (p. 113-115)

— Review of Scar Country Rebecca Edwards , 2000 selected work poetry ; Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Samuel Wagan Watson , 2000 selected work poetry ; TV Poems Chris Mikul , 2000 selected work poetry ; Backyard Cosmos : New and Selected Poems Robin Loftus , 2000 selected work poetry ; Keys Round Her Tongue : Short Prose, Poems and Performance Texts Hazel Smith , 2000 selected work poetry short story drama ; Why I Am Not A Farmer Brendan Ryan , 2000 selected work poetry ; High Tide Vera Newsom , 2000 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Margaret Scott , 2000 selected work poetry ; Refugee Refugees See the East Timorese? Dương Xuân , 2000 selected work poetry
Untitled Bev Braune , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 1 2001; (p. 104-107)

— Review of I Wanted to Throw Your Things out on the Lawn May Carroll , 2000 selected work poetry ; Scar Country Rebecca Edwards , 2000 selected work poetry ; Hijacked to the Underworld Carolyn Gerrish , 2000 selected work poetry ; Africa Ken Taylor , 2000 selected work poetry ; Convertible John Foulcher , 2000 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems Dimitris Tsaloumas , 2000 selected work poetry
Brentley Frazer Reviews Rebecca Edwards Brentley Frazer , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 15 2003;

— Review of Scar Country Rebecca Edwards , 2000 selected work poetry
Four Poets Judith Beveridge , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Spring/Summer no. 84 2000-2001; (p. 46-53)

— Review of Convertible John Foulcher , 2000 selected work poetry ; Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Samuel Wagan Watson , 2000 selected work poetry ; Invisible Tattoos Lauren Williams , 2000 selected work poetry ; Scar Country Rebecca Edwards , 2000 selected work poetry
Untitled Bev Braune , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 1 2001; (p. 104-107)

— Review of I Wanted to Throw Your Things out on the Lawn May Carroll , 2000 selected work poetry ; Scar Country Rebecca Edwards , 2000 selected work poetry ; Hijacked to the Underworld Carolyn Gerrish , 2000 selected work poetry ; Africa Ken Taylor , 2000 selected work poetry ; Convertible John Foulcher , 2000 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems Dimitris Tsaloumas , 2000 selected work poetry
'I Still Believe in Jeffrey Hunter' : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 164 2001; (p. 113-115)

— Review of Scar Country Rebecca Edwards , 2000 selected work poetry ; Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Samuel Wagan Watson , 2000 selected work poetry ; TV Poems Chris Mikul , 2000 selected work poetry ; Backyard Cosmos : New and Selected Poems Robin Loftus , 2000 selected work poetry ; Keys Round Her Tongue : Short Prose, Poems and Performance Texts Hazel Smith , 2000 selected work poetry short story drama ; Why I Am Not A Farmer Brendan Ryan , 2000 selected work poetry ; High Tide Vera Newsom , 2000 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Margaret Scott , 2000 selected work poetry ; Refugee Refugees See the East Timorese? Dương Xuân , 2000 selected work poetry
Big Brazen Women with Strong Thighs Jo Lampert , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Coppertales : A Journal of Rural Arts , no. 7 2001; (p. 109-110)

— Review of Scar Country Rebecca Edwards , 2000 selected work poetry
The Body Doesn't Forget Ali Lawlor , 2000 single work biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 July 2000; (p. 5)
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