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Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 4 Australian Poets
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Notes

  • The Four Australian Poets reading group toured the USA and Canada in 1985. This volume was produced for the tour.
  • Partial contents indexed.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Marrickville, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Southwood Press , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Road Showi"At the end of his act the softshoe possum,", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 2)
Trench Dreamsi"...of Paris as it will be when we rise", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 3)
Back-Road Churchesi"Out on back-roads", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 4)
Fledglingi"A magpie washed", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 5)
Grit : A Doxologyi"I praise the country women", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Pride of Erini"The public telephone is a cage for the exhibition of Chrissie.", John Scott , single work poetry (p. 20)
Polkai"But the park was in trouble long before the man and his dog", John Scott , single work poetry (p. 21)
Flooded Cityi"How long these perfect words", John Scott , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Velocityi"He waits with the near silence of night.", John Scott , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Mannersi"they had such suitable faces; faces that could sell the best life", Joanne Burns , single work poetry
Untitledi"she had more friends", Joanne Burns , single work poetry
Marble Surfacesi"ever since i was knee high to a grasshopper they said i had", Joanne Burns , single work poetry
The Other Side of Paradise, Andrew Whitmore , Shaun Tan (illustrator), single work short story fantasy
Togetheri"in his tight clothes he walks down the hill like he's about to", Joanne Burns , single work poetry

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Marrickville, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Southwood Press , 1985 .
      Extent: 27p.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Preface by Tom Shapcott.
      • Introduction by Lynn Tranter, Tour Organiser. 'On a visit to the United States last year I was encouraged by the interest that North Americans were showing in Australia, particularly in our visual arts and our movies. But people didn't seem to know a great deal about our poetry....So I felt it was time to bring some of the best of our poets up to the top of the planet, and give America and Canada a chance to see and hear what was happening 'Down Under'.'

Works about this Work

1985 : Four Poets Tour the USA 2015 single work prose
— Appears in: Journal of Poetics Research , September no. 3 2015;
1985 : Four Poets Tour the USA 2015 single work prose
— Appears in: Journal of Poetics Research , September no. 3 2015;
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