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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Meanjin Australasian vol. 63 no. 2 Chris Raja (editor), N. Cho (editor), 2004 Z1126122 2004 periodical issue 2004 pg. 96
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    y separately published work icon Over There : Poems from Singapore and Australia John Kinsella (editor), Alvin Pang (editor), Singapore : Ethos Books , 2008 Z1452759 2008 anthology poetry 'Curated by two of the foremost literary figures of their generation, the ground-breaking Singapore-Australia anthology of poetry brings together for the first time the contemporary work of the finest poets at work in Singapore and Australia today. The anthology will feature a fresh selection of established as well as previously unreleased work from writers such as Edwin Thumboo and Cyril Wong from Singapore, and Dorothy Porter and Kevin Hart from Australia. Over 20 writers from each territory will be featured, representing the diverse and interesting voices currently at play in both territories, and creating an ongoing discourse between the exciting literary cultures of the two Pacific neighbours. The anthology ranges across many themes: from an ever-shifting sense of cultural, urban and personal identity to place, politics, sex, religion and more, with clear resonances and connections bridging the two territories. The book will be made available in both territories, marking the first time that a major Singaporean literary anthology is released to the wider Australian market.' [Source: Publisher's press release at http://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/store/images/new_titles/OverThere_PressRelease.pdf] Singapore : Ethos Books , 2008 pg. 169-170
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    y separately published work icon Lines in the Sand : New Writing from Western Australia Glen Phillips (editor), Julienne Van Loon (editor), Swanbourne : Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW), W.A. Branch , 2008 Z1515580 2008 anthology poetry short story prose Swanbourne : Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW), W.A. Branch , 2008 pg. 63
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    y separately published work icon The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry John Kinsella (editor), Camberwell : Penguin , 2009 Z1553543 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units)

    'This is a comprehensive survey of Australian poetic achievement, ranging from early colonial and indigenous verse to contemporary work, from the major poets to those who deserve to be better recognised.' (Provided by the publisher).

    Camberwell : Penguin , 2009
    pg. 390-391
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    y separately published work icon Indigo Book of Australian Prose Poems Michael Byrne (editor), Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2011 Z1731936 2011 anthology poetry Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2011 pg. 97
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    y separately published work icon The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry Cassandra Atherton (editor), Paul Hetherington (editor), Melbourne : Melbourne University Press , 2020 19564336 2020 anthology poetry prose

    'Prose poetry is a resurgent literary form in the English-speaking world and has been rapidly gaining popularity in Australia. Cassandra Atherton and Paul Hetherington have gathered a broad and representative selection of the best Australian prose poems written over the last fifty years.

    'The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry includes numerous distinguished prose poets-Jordie Albiston, joanne burns, Gary Catalano, Anna Couani, Alex Skovron, Samuel Wagan Watson, Ania Walwicz and many more and documents prose poetry's growing appeal over recent decades, from the poetic margins to the mainstream.

    'This collection reframes our understanding not only of this dynamic poetic form, but of Australian poetry as a whole.' (Publication summary)

    Melbourne : Melbourne University Press , 2020
    pg. 179-180
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    y separately published work icon The Language in My Tongue : An Anthology of Australian and New Zealand Poetry Cassandra Atherton (editor), Paul Hetherington (editor), Australia : FarFlung Editions , 2022 24888961 2022 anthology poetry

    'This new anthology of Australian and New Zealand poetry is remarkable for its exuberance, its vitality, and the notably youthful vibrancy of its free verse as well as its innovative prose poetry.  Including a wide range of voices from such well-known poets as John Kinsella, Pam Brown, and John Tranter to relative new-comers like Chris Tse and essa may ranapiri, The Language in my Tongue is full of surprises and special pleasures.

    —Marjorie Perloff, Professor Emerita of English
     at Stanford University and Florence R. Scott Professor
     of English Emerita at the University of Southern California

    'Here are vernaculars. Here are modern-day classics. Here is a “mind in an unclear world,” “a space perfection will never survive.”  Here is invention permitted to travel the world, in dense prose poems and in chatty ones, in capable free verse and ghazals, “emissaries” and “a russet lock in an envelope.” Here Echnida meets the Spider, “making things transparent,” and here [is] bodily frailty and erotic love. Here, readers, are some highlights of the Antipodes, two—no, far more than two—poetic traditions, made available for you. Investigate. Drink deep.

    —Stephanie Burt, Professor of English at Harvard University'  (Publication summary)

    Australia : FarFlung Editions , 2022
    pg. 126-127
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