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  • Author:agent Robert Adamson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/adamson-robert
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Inside Out : An Autobiography
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'Inside Out is a story about survival and taking risks, about seizing the moment and living with the consequences, about the adventure of being alive. In this wonderful book, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes funny, Robert Adamson tells the story of his childhood and early adulthood in fifties and sixties Australia - a world of milkbars, the bottle-O, fishing and V8s. A childhood in Neutral Bay and on the Hawkesbury nurtures his love of wildlife, which drives him to act on instinct, beginning with the spectacular theft of an exotic bird from Taronga Park Zoo. He then spends much of his adolescence in and out of boys' homes and later prisons. In between stints inside he works as a pastrycook and becomes besotted with the sultry, dark-haired Carol. Together they take off on a wild road trip to Queensland - a journey that could only ever have one ending. But prison has its own destiny for young Robert. It introduces this sensitive, responsive young man to the debating society, to books, and to a love affair with words. It sets alight Adamson's imagination and fosters his dream of becoming a writer. Inside Out is so much more than a memoir, it brims with life as Adamson unsentimentally re-creates his past experiences, no matter how dark or painful, with astonishing generosity and sympathy.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Bob Dylan, Garry Shead, Chris Edwards and family and friends

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Text Publishing , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Jerusalem Bayi"I walked through a solitude of mist by a river reflecting", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 336-338)
Canticles on the Skini"thwack the tight skin once - wait, this act", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 339-340)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Includes two poems indexed separately

Works about this Work

The Prison-House of Poetry Martin Duwell , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 178 2005; (p. 75-77)

— Review of Inside Out : An Autobiography Robert Adamson , 2004 single work autobiography
[Review] Inside Out : An Autobiography Debra Zott , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 82 2004; (p. 136-138)

— Review of Inside Out : An Autobiography Robert Adamson , 2004 single work autobiography
The Need to Belong : Non-Fiction Publishing in Australia, 2003-2004 Richard Rossiter , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 49 no. 2004; (p. 96-114)

— Review of Island and Otherland : Christopher Koch and His Books Noel Henricksen , 2003 single work criticism ; The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 2 Donald Friend , 2003 selected work diary ; The Diaries of Miles Franklin Miles Franklin , 2004 selected work diary ; Can I Call You Colin? : The Authorised Biography of Colin Thiele Stephany Steggall , 2004 single work biography ; The Sparrow Garden Peter Skrzynecki , Marianna Lacek (translator), 2004 single work autobiography ; Minerva's Owl Excerpts from Exile Niqi Thomas , 2003 single work biography ; Inside Out : An Autobiography Robert Adamson , 2004 single work autobiography ; Bittersweet Journey Ruth Hegarty , 2003 single work autobiography ; Bud : A Life Charles Tingwell , Peter Wilmoth , 2004 single work autobiography ; Dhuuluu-Yala : To Talk Straight : Publishing Indigenous Literature Anita Heiss , 2003 multi chapter work criticism ; Two Sisters : Ngarta and Jukuna Ngarta Jinny Bent , Jukuna Mona Chuguna , Pat Lowe , Eirlys Richards (translator), 2004 selected work autobiography biography ; Very Big Journey : My Life as I Remember It Hilda Jarman Muir , 2004 single work autobiography ; Shadow Lines Stephen Kinnane , 2003 single work biography ; Mongrel Signatures : Reflections on the Work of Mudrooroo 2003 anthology criticism ; The Station at Austin Downs : One Family's Adventure on the Land Jo Jackson King , 2004 single work autobiography ; Down to the Sea : A True Saga of an Australian Fishing Dynasty John Little , 2004 single work biography ; Tanami : On Foot Across Australia's Desert Heart Kieran Kelly , 2003 single work autobiography ; Great Australian Droving Stories Bill Marsh , 2003 selected work short story ; Great Australian Drinking Stories 2003 anthology short story prose ; James Stirling : Admiral and Founding Governor of Western Australia Pamela Statham-Drew , 2003 single work biography ; About Face : Asian Accounts of Australia Alison Broinowski , 2003 single work criticism ; Chinese Women and the Global Village : An Australian Site Jan Ryan , 2003 single work prose ; Semar's Cave : An Indonesian Journal John Mateer , 2004 single work prose ; Life and Death in the Age of Sail : The Passage to Australia Robin Haines , 2003 single work non-fiction ; The Girl from Botany Bay : The True Story of Mary Broad and Her Extraordinary Escape Carolly Erickson , 2004 single work biography ; Legacies of White Australia : Race, Culture and Nation 2003 anthology essay ; The Best Australian Essays 2003 2003 anthology essay autobiography interview prose review obituary ; Death Sentence : The Decay of Public Language Don Watson , 2003 single work prose ; Great Australian Fishing Stories Paul Benjamin Kidd , 2003 selected work short story
Winged Victory Jules Smith , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 8 October no. 5297 2004; (p. 28)

— Review of Reading the River : Selected Poems Robert Adamson , 2004 selected work poetry ; Inside Out : An Autobiography Robert Adamson , 2004 single work autobiography
James Stuart Reviews Robert Adamson James Stuart , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 17 2004;

— Review of Inside Out : An Autobiography Robert Adamson , 2004 single work autobiography
Artful Dodger's Crafty Life Lisa Gorton , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 March 2004; (p. 4)

— Review of Inside Out : An Autobiography Robert Adamson , 2004 single work autobiography
On the Long Road to Self-destruction Shane McCauley , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 27 March 2004; (p. 9)

— Review of Inside Out : An Autobiography Robert Adamson , 2004 single work autobiography
Free from Chains, It's a Fortunate Life Peter Craven , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 April 2004; (p. 10-11)

— Review of Inside Out : An Autobiography Robert Adamson , 2004 single work autobiography
Bird on a Wire Barry Oakley , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 April vol. 122 no. 6416 2004; (p. 64)

— Review of Inside Out : An Autobiography Robert Adamson , 2004 single work autobiography
Eating Revelation Owen Richardson , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 260 2004; (p. 9-10)

— Review of Inside Out : An Autobiography Robert Adamson , 2004 single work autobiography
Write a Song Murray Waldren , 2004 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 March 2004; (p. 4-6)
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