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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 The Learning Curve
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Notes

  • A dramatised version of the poems in The Learning Curve was broadcast on Poetica, ABC Radio National, 18 February 2006.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Blackheath, Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,:Brandl and Schlesinger , 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Key for the St Joseph's College Staff Photo in Three Voicesi"Here, height is everything. Anyone short", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
The PE Teacher on the Day Before School Beginsi"Three to five times a week I reckon", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Anna Transfers from Loreto Ladies Collegei"I hate the smells that cling", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 13)
The School Cleaneri"You've never seen shit", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 14)
Why Alan Won't Come to Schooli"alan can't come to school any more won't come we'd say but", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 15)
Fits and Startsi"When I walk", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
The Birthday Tricki"We got Carmel for Maths", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 18)
Sister Lucy's Sex Education Classi"Masturbation, girls. Don't blush,", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 19)
An English Testi"jason arrived at school just in time for the special", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
The ESL Teacheri"You train for ESL, they give you", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Blood Wedding: The Student Rehearsali"I'm sick of being a boy. Russell, you'll have to act.", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 24)
The Head of Economicsi"I am so pissed off. These are brand new", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Bruised Girli"This one I got when I", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 26)
The Drama Teacheri"The Stage is Hopeless", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Instructions for a Fundraising Walk-a-Thoni"Get Sponsors", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 29)
Why Ryan is on Detentioni"Write a 2 page essay", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Brother Dennett Advises a Young Teacheri"Have a tissue, Teri. Take your time,", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 32)
Excursion Materiali"Attention!", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 33)
Another English Testi"Some kid finds death", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 34)
A Newspaper Clipping, John Foulcher , single work column (p. 35)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Antidotes to Heavy Weather : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 172 2003; (p. 87-90)

— Review of Night of Warehouses : Poems 1978-2000 Stephen Oliver , 2001 selected work poetry ; My Lover's Back : 79 Love Poems M. T. C. Cronin , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Learning Curve John Foulcher , 2002 selected work poetry ; En Passant Zan Ross , 2003 selected work poetry ; Poems for a Dead Father Geoff Goodfellow , 2002 selected work poetry ; Loanwords John Mateer , 2002 selected work poetry ; Land Partition : 8 Sections Louis Armand , 2000 single work poetry
Articulate Cynicism, The Wheel of Life and The Stilled Joey Lisa Morisset , 2002-2003 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 91 2002-2003; (p. 77-80)

— Review of The Learning Curve John Foulcher , 2002 selected work poetry ; Flying Blind Debbie Westbury , 2002 selected work poetry ; Bestiary Coral Hull , 2002 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
School of Hard Knocks Richard King , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 244 2002; (p. 58-59)

— Review of The Learning Curve John Foulcher , 2002 selected work poetry ; Life Given Graeme Hetherington , 2002 selected work poetry ; History : Selected Poems 1978-2000 Michael Sharkey , 2002 selected work poetry
Step Inside This Versified School, and Laugh Geoff Page , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 August 2002; (p. 19)

— Review of The Learning Curve John Foulcher , 2002 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
Articulate Cynicism, The Wheel of Life and The Stilled Joey Lisa Morisset , 2002-2003 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 91 2002-2003; (p. 77-80)

— Review of The Learning Curve John Foulcher , 2002 selected work poetry ; Flying Blind Debbie Westbury , 2002 selected work poetry ; Bestiary Coral Hull , 2002 selected work poetry
Antidotes to Heavy Weather : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 172 2003; (p. 87-90)

— Review of Night of Warehouses : Poems 1978-2000 Stephen Oliver , 2001 selected work poetry ; My Lover's Back : 79 Love Poems M. T. C. Cronin , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Learning Curve John Foulcher , 2002 selected work poetry ; En Passant Zan Ross , 2003 selected work poetry ; Poems for a Dead Father Geoff Goodfellow , 2002 selected work poetry ; Loanwords John Mateer , 2002 selected work poetry ; Land Partition : 8 Sections Louis Armand , 2000 single work poetry
Step Inside This Versified School, and Laugh Geoff Page , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 August 2002; (p. 19)

— Review of The Learning Curve John Foulcher , 2002 selected work poetry
School of Hard Knocks Richard King , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 244 2002; (p. 58-59)

— Review of The Learning Curve John Foulcher , 2002 selected work poetry ; Life Given Graeme Hetherington , 2002 selected work poetry ; History : Selected Poems 1978-2000 Michael Sharkey , 2002 selected work poetry
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