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'Space travel likened to a dream, pursued refugees, bikes 'ridden in a free-form dance with cars', Olympian exertion, and a crime whose solution involves global flight - these are some of the many forms of motion in Andrew Sant's tenth collection of poems. Set in Australia, China and Europe, the poems predominantly angle in on aspects of speed, a matter the French historian Marc Bloch considered the one particularly distinctive feature that distinguishes contemporary civilisation from those which preceded it. They include narratives, lyrics, dramatic monologues - diverse points of view with social and political dimensions.

'The other liberties of the title exist - often under pressure but whose boundaries are often broadened by wit - in recognisable rural and urban environments as well as in imagined places, for example in a playfully conceived banana's republic. Another is an island which has affinities with Robinson Crusoe's. The book also introduces for the first time Mr Habitat, a brisk character with a strong voice, who is nowhere at home yet in gutsy, colloquial language expresses his views and makes wry observations - often in tight urban situations.

'It is a collection that's verbally headlong, edgy and energetic, richly observant and wide-ranging, concluding with the celebratory poem 'Abundance', about bird and sea life off the Irish coast, and which suggests there is much to be gained from recognising that certain liberties exist at an irreversible cost.' (Publisher's blurb)

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Contents

* Contents derived from the Cambridge, Cambridgeshire,
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Salt Publishing , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Stanzasi"A can of Dulux is thrummed", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
Nike at the Megalithsi"At the megalithic temple", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Sydney Olympiani"In the heat, at the front door,", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Saxophone in a Pawnbroker's Windowi"Lost days when cavernous notes", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 60)
Excursion Delayed, Andrew Sant , single work poetry

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'Gothic Splendours'? : Recent Tasmanian Historical Fiction Peter Pierce , 2015 single work criticism
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Lamenting the Speed of Modern Culture Kelly Manning , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 24 no. 2 2010; (p. 209-210)

— Review of Speed and Other Liberties Andrew Sant , 2008 selected work poetry
Andrew Sant : 'Speed & Other Liberties' Ralph Wessman , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 40 2010; (p. 68-70)

— Review of Speed and Other Liberties Andrew Sant , 2008 selected work poetry
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— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 54 no. 1 2009; (p. 115-127)

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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 September 2008; (p. 18)

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Launch : Andrew Sant's Speed and Other Liberties Chris Pearce , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 38 2009; (p. 144-145)

— Review of Speed and Other Liberties Andrew Sant , 2008 selected work poetry
At the Crossroads : Australian Poetry 2008-2009 Julian Croft , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 54 no. 1 2009; (p. 115-127)

— Review of The Golden Bird Robert Adamson , 2008 single work poetry ; View from the Lucky Hotel Sandra Hill , 2008 selected work poetry ; Theatre Alison Croggon , 2008 selected work poetry ; Letters to the Tremulous Hand Elizabeth Campbell , 2007 selected work poetry ; Vincent Buckley : Collected Poems Vincent Buckley , 2009 selected work poetry ; True Thoughts Pamela Brown , 2008 selected work poetry ; The Other Way Out Bronwyn Lea , 2007 single work poetry ; Bark Anthony Lawrence , 2008 selected work poetry ; Divine Comedy : Journeys Through Regional Geography John Kinsella , 2008 selected work poetry prose ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies John Jenkins , 2008 selected work poetry ; Man Wolf Man L. K. Holt , 2007 selected work poetry ; Aria Sarah Holland-Batt , 2008 selected work poetry ; Autographs : 56 Poems in Prose Alex Skovron , 2006 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers Bel Schenk , 2008 selected work poetry ; Speed and Other Liberties Andrew Sant , 2008 selected work poetry ; Therapy Like Fish : New and Selected Poems Marcella Polain , 2008 selected work poetry ; Sixty Classic Australian Poems Geoff Page , 2009 single work criticism ; Poems : 1980-2008 Jan Owen , 2008 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide Petra White , 2007 selected work poetry ; Southern Edge : Three Stories in Verse Barbara Temperton , 2009 selected work poetry
'Gothic Splendours'? : Recent Tasmanian Historical Fiction Peter Pierce , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Island , no. 142 2015; (p. 20-26)
Peter Pierce investigates recent 'Gothic' historical fiction set in Tasmania.
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