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'Parts of Us holds in balance a quiet maturity with a vital energy. Ranging from sonnet sequences to long lyrical meditations, dramatic monologues to more confessional works, these poems are imbued with verve, curiosity and elegant inquiry. The collection is marked by an almost self-elegiac strain, an unflinching imagining of on''s own death, and a sense too of love fading, which serves as a brave and powerful corrective to the idealisation of some love poetry written by men about women. In the light of these themes, the lively "Adelaide Lunch Sonnets" acquire additional weight and resonance.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: For Judith Rodriguez.
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Book launched in Adelaide by Andrew Taylor at the 2010 Adelaide Festival.
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Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring vol. 17 no. 4 2010; (p. 170-173)
— Review of Parts of Us 2010 selected work poetry -
Annual Poetry Review 2009-2010
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 21-38)
— Review of Ghostly Subjects 2009 selected work poetry ; Moments of Perfect Poise 2008 selected work poetry ; Parts of Us 2010 selected work poetry ; Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Taller When Prone 2010 selected work poetry ; Grass Notes 2009 selected work poetry ; Storm and Honey 2009 selected work poetry ; White Lines (Vertical) 2010 selected work poetry ; Folk Tunes 2009 selected work poetry ; Piano Hill 2009 selected work poetry ; Birds in Mind 2008 single work poetry ; Apples with Human Skin 2009 selected work poetry ; The Pallbearer's Garden 2008 selected work poetry ; A Tight Circle 2008 selected work poetry ; Letters 2009 selected work poetry ; Beautiful Waste : Poems by David McComb 2009 selected work poetry -
A Poet Walks the Tightrope
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 May 2010; (p. 27)
— Review of Parts of Us 2010 selected work poetry ; Gatherers and Hunters : Stories 2010 selected work short story novella -
Tools of the Trade
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , May vol. 5 no. 4 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of My Father's Tools : A Collection of Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; History of the Day 2009 selected work poetry ; Canyon 2009 selected work poetry ; Parts of Us 2010 selected work poetry -
Out of the Shadows
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-4 April 2010; (p. 40)
— Review of Parts of Us 2010 selected work poetry
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Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 89 no. 6 2010; (p. 42)
— Review of Parts of Us 2010 selected work poetry -
Reflective Master of Form Is Seizing the Day
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 March 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of Parts of Us 2010 selected work poetry -
New Modes
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 320 2010; (p. 59)
— Review of Parts of Us 2010 selected work poetry -
Out of the Shadows
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-4 April 2010; (p. 40)
— Review of Parts of Us 2010 selected work poetry -
Tools of the Trade
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , May vol. 5 no. 4 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of My Father's Tools : A Collection of Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; History of the Day 2009 selected work poetry ; Canyon 2009 selected work poetry ; Parts of Us 2010 selected work poetry
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