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  • Author:agent Dorothy Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-dorothy
Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Other Worlds : Poems 1997-2001
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'Dorothy Porter’s sixth poetry collection (1997–2001) travels the solar system for comets, distant moons and other heavenly bodies before returning to South America and the Northern Territory and finishing with a selection of commissioned works—including one for the 2000 Sydney Olympics and one for the collection Dick for a Day.

'This collection sees a number of emerging themes and images that Dorothy Porter would further explore in later works such as her verse novel Wild Surmise—which was short-listed for the Miles Franklin Award in 2003 and won the Adelaide Festival Award in 2004. It is a wonderful collection illustrating a key era in the evolution of one of Australia’s most cherished poets.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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Notes

  • Dedication: for my sisters, Mary and Josie

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Picador , 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
1i"There's a white-blue nerve burning", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 3)
Comets, Dorothy Porter , sequence poetry (p. 3-13)
2i"In my brain scan", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 4)
3i"What voice of dirty ice", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 5)
4i"I pray for", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 6)
5i"When the Earth passed through", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 7)
6i"A comet processed", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 8)
7i"Cats and comets", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 9)
8i"I'm finished", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 10)
9i"After sunset", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
10i"Stop trying to remember", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 13)
UFOi"Let", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 14)
Black Smokeri"trench", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Disasteri"Why is it so fascinating", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Europai"No wonder you love", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
My Own Private Prisoni"I thought I was the man who owned everything", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 21)
Snakes and Laddersi"There's a mind-bite to be", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 22)
1i"Cure death's skin", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 23)
Death, Dorothy Porter , sequence poetry (p. 23-30)
2i"you're forty-five", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 24)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Balmain, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: Ligature , 2019 .
      image of person or book cover 7961159098269849292.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 65p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 19th March 2019.
      ISBN: 9781925883145
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Untapped , 2021 .
      image of person or book cover 3711324925248687965.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781922730053
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Brio Books ; Untapped , 2022 .
      image of person or book cover 2342016595520745287.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 66p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 27 September 2022.
      ISBN: 9781761281020
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Works about this Work

'I Find a Space for it Somehow' : New Poetry Lucy Dougan , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 47 no. 2002; (p. 177-192)
— Review of What the Painter Saw in Our Faces Peter Boyle , 2001 selected work poetry ; Bestseller M. T. C. Cronin , 2001 selected work poetry ; The Learning Curve John Foulcher , 2002 selected work poetry ; Afterimages Robert Gray , 2002 selected work poetry prose ; The Clothes-Prop Man : Poems from the South Para Reservoir Martin R. Johnson , 2002 selected work poetry ; Poems the Size of Photographs Les Murray , 2002 selected work poetry ; Darker and Lighter Geoff Page , 2001 selected work poetry ; Other Worlds : Poems 1997-2001 Dorothy Porter , 2001 selected work poetry ; Fiery Waters Robyn Rowland , 2001 selected work poetry ; Hothouse Tracy Ryan , 2002 selected work poetry ; Flying Blind Debbie Westbury , 2002 selected work poetry
Less Is More Richard King , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 61 no. 1 2002; (p. 114-122)
— Review of Other Worlds : Poems 1997-2001 Dorothy Porter , 2001 selected work poetry ; New Selected Poems Peter Goldsworthy , 2001 selected work poetry
Ethane Moments Peter Minter , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 234 2001; (p. 53-54)
— Review of Other Worlds : Poems 1997-2001 Dorothy Porter , 2001 selected work poetry
[Review] Other Worlds Magdalena Ball , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 3 2001; (p. 188-191)
— Review of Other Worlds : Poems 1997-2001 Dorothy Porter , 2001 selected work poetry
Porter Once Again Shows Her Sense of the Dramatic Geoff Page , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 October 2001; (p. 18)
— Review of Other Worlds : Poems 1997-2001 Dorothy Porter , 2001 selected work poetry
'I Find a Space for it Somehow' : New Poetry Lucy Dougan , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 47 no. 2002; (p. 177-192)
— Review of What the Painter Saw in Our Faces Peter Boyle , 2001 selected work poetry ; Bestseller M. T. C. Cronin , 2001 selected work poetry ; The Learning Curve John Foulcher , 2002 selected work poetry ; Afterimages Robert Gray , 2002 selected work poetry prose ; The Clothes-Prop Man : Poems from the South Para Reservoir Martin R. Johnson , 2002 selected work poetry ; Poems the Size of Photographs Les Murray , 2002 selected work poetry ; Darker and Lighter Geoff Page , 2001 selected work poetry ; Other Worlds : Poems 1997-2001 Dorothy Porter , 2001 selected work poetry ; Fiery Waters Robyn Rowland , 2001 selected work poetry ; Hothouse Tracy Ryan , 2002 selected work poetry ; Flying Blind Debbie Westbury , 2002 selected work poetry
Looking into Deep Craters David McCooey , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 August 2001; (p. 7)
— Review of Other Worlds : Poems 1997-2001 Dorothy Porter , 2001 selected work poetry
Porter Once Again Shows Her Sense of the Dramatic Geoff Page , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 October 2001; (p. 18)
— Review of Other Worlds : Poems 1997-2001 Dorothy Porter , 2001 selected work poetry
[Review] Other Worlds Magdalena Ball , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 3 2001; (p. 188-191)
— Review of Other Worlds : Poems 1997-2001 Dorothy Porter , 2001 selected work poetry
Ethane Moments Peter Minter , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 234 2001; (p. 53-54)
— Review of Other Worlds : Poems 1997-2001 Dorothy Porter , 2001 selected work poetry
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