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Book is divided into three numbered parts.
Contents
- The Outside Worldi"Through the oil-slick skin of sleep, again I rise", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Nothing Personali"He leans back against his desk, and asks", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Bracei"Dropped at the end of the bed, as a searing day", single work poetry (p. 14)
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Quasimodoi"Sorry it's taken so long to get 'round to you.",
single work
poetry
(p. 15)
Note: Large changes made between the 2005 version and this version. The first line of this version is I am twelve when they tease you into me, name-first.
- Beneath the Surfacei"Hundreds watch. I dare not shift an inch, naked", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Hairlinei"At the age of eight I stood too close", single work poetry (p. 17)
- No Shelteri"Floating home from a poetry reading, fog and who I am", single work poetry (p. 18)
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Youth Group
Youth Group Campi"The truck rattled over the dry paddock hills",
single work
poetry
(p. 19)
Note: First line: Our spotlight eclipses the huge mute moon...
- Severancei"I'm sure this mix-tape of eighties memeories will miss", single work poetry (p. 20)
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"Trolleys wobble past us, oblivious. She is so close"
Amputationi"Funny (strange) what's a fetish &",
single work
poetry
(p. 21)
Note: Significant alterations in this version.
- Infinite Distancei"Again, a click, and I'm trapped in this scene - bodies", single work poetry (p. 22)
- A Passing Thoughti"This place is packed - even the ceiling drips sweat,", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Labourersi"I don't begrudge them their maleness -", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Happinessi"After work, thoughts blur, turn into sensations circling", single work poetry (p. 25)
- The Embracei"In the backyard of the house I've inherited,", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Comfortablei"My instinct's to curse myself –", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Among the Regularsi"In chorus, the singleted boys at the bar shout taxi! -", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Another Worldi"Sometimes I'm convinced it cannot exist -", single work poetry (p. 31)
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All Is Not as It Seemsi"You won't recall the swarm of scalpels",
single work
poetry
(p. 32)
Note: Dedication: For Ilizane Broks, born 1987 with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome.
- Impossible Spacei"The first time I bled, I feared my sex was a weight", single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Body as Threshold in the Poetry of Andy Jackson
2021
single work
essay
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , October vol. 40 no. 3 2021; (p. 63-66)'The poetry of Andy Jackson not only inhabits and is rooted in the liminal space of the body, but is used as a site to consider selfhood, subjectivity, language, form, and bodily difference. Using poetry as a generative practice, Jackson expresses the unsettledness of being in his own body. Jackson has the hereditary genetic disorder, Marfan Syndrome, where the body is unable to correctly produce the protein fibrillin-1, which in turn affects the connective tissue, the heart, the spine, and the joints. On his blog, Among the Regulars, Jackson describes his body of work as ‘poetry, from a body shaped like a question mark’.1 A pronounced spinal curvature means that Jackson inhabits his body in a particular way, and in turn marks his use of language in a particular way. He is explicit about this: ‘I would argue that to begin to unravel how the body is implicated in poetry will illuminate and liberate both’.2 In rewriting the language of the body, Jackson engages in a poetics of the threshold — the threshold being the nexus between selfhood, subjectivity, and the body, both the individual body and the collective body. He does this by renovating form (language) and by interrogating (his own) disability.' (Introduction)
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At Home with Andy Jackson
Astrid Edwards
(interviewer),
2021
23443591
2021
single work
interview
podcast
'Andy Jackson is a poet of compassion and intellect. His 2021 collection, Human Looking, explores the voices of the disabled and ill with tenderness and love.
'Andy's first collection, Among the Regulars, was shortlisted for the 2011 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and his 2020 collection Music Our Bodies Can’t Hold'was shortlisted for the John Bray Poetry Award.
'Andy has featured at literary events and arts festivals in Ireland, India, the USA and across Australia, and has co-edited disability-themed issues of the literary journals Southerly and Australian Poetry Journal. He works as a creative writing teacher and tutor for community organisations and universities.'(Production summary)
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The Irregular Self : Debbie Lim Reviews Andy Jackson's Among the Regulars
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , May no. 9 2011;
— Review of Among the Regulars 2010 selected work poetry -
Poems of Courage without Bravado
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 November 2010; (p. 22)
— Review of Among the Regulars 2010 selected work poetry
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Poems of Courage without Bravado
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 November 2010; (p. 22)
— Review of Among the Regulars 2010 selected work poetry -
The Irregular Self : Debbie Lim Reviews Andy Jackson's Among the Regulars
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , May no. 9 2011;
— Review of Among the Regulars 2010 selected work poetry -
y
At Home with Andy Jackson
Astrid Edwards
(interviewer),
2021
23443591
2021
single work
interview
podcast
'Andy Jackson is a poet of compassion and intellect. His 2021 collection, Human Looking, explores the voices of the disabled and ill with tenderness and love.
'Andy's first collection, Among the Regulars, was shortlisted for the 2011 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and his 2020 collection Music Our Bodies Can’t Hold'was shortlisted for the John Bray Poetry Award.
'Andy has featured at literary events and arts festivals in Ireland, India, the USA and across Australia, and has co-edited disability-themed issues of the literary journals Southerly and Australian Poetry Journal. He works as a creative writing teacher and tutor for community organisations and universities.'(Production summary)
-
The Body as Threshold in the Poetry of Andy Jackson
2021
single work
essay
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , October vol. 40 no. 3 2021; (p. 63-66)'The poetry of Andy Jackson not only inhabits and is rooted in the liminal space of the body, but is used as a site to consider selfhood, subjectivity, language, form, and bodily difference. Using poetry as a generative practice, Jackson expresses the unsettledness of being in his own body. Jackson has the hereditary genetic disorder, Marfan Syndrome, where the body is unable to correctly produce the protein fibrillin-1, which in turn affects the connective tissue, the heart, the spine, and the joints. On his blog, Among the Regulars, Jackson describes his body of work as ‘poetry, from a body shaped like a question mark’.1 A pronounced spinal curvature means that Jackson inhabits his body in a particular way, and in turn marks his use of language in a particular way. He is explicit about this: ‘I would argue that to begin to unravel how the body is implicated in poetry will illuminate and liberate both’.2 In rewriting the language of the body, Jackson engages in a poetics of the threshold — the threshold being the nexus between selfhood, subjectivity, and the body, both the individual body and the collective body. He does this by renovating form (language) and by interrogating (his own) disability.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2011 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
- 2010 highly commended Anne Elder Award