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'These poems are anything but motionless. Their emotions cut, determined to map out another possibility, a place of personal and social reconciliation.' (Source: Back cover)
Contents
- Griefi"This is not about love or", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Hanover Street Brunswick 3056i"Cruisin' - on my way with a keen", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Writer's Blocki"To warm my hands", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Women's Liberationi"Talk to me about the feminist movement,", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Chops 'n' Thingsi"I can't wait to curl around", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Historical Journalsi"Historical journals offer frameworks", single work poetry (p. 9)
- To the Palawai"Bbrrr can you feel change", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Woman of the Dreamingi"My sweet woman of the Dreaming", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- Feelingsi"Like Douwe Edberts", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- Urbanised Reebocksi"In a creek bed at Baroota", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Fashion Statementi"Raybocks and reebans", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Afraid to Lovei"Dry rot ached through her heart", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Just Send a Faxi"I'm not alone", single work poetry (p. 19)
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Just for Tonighti"I'll wish on the moon",
single work
poetry
(p. 20)
Note: Dedication: for Damita Brown
- Regretsi"Passion crept silently through", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Leave a Messagei"Yesterday I needed", single work poetry (p. 22)
- The Beginning? (for Toni Lawson)i"Three weeks have passed", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Come Dancin'i"I want to dance with", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Pursuedi"There is a phone call", single work poetry (p. 25)
- The Dreami"Yes, I have a dream", single work poetry (p. 26)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
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Works about this Work
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Undulating Separate : Locality and Nation in the Poetries of John Anderson and Lisa Bellear
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 2 no. 18 2018;'As Troy Bramston writes, ‘By the end of 1992, [Paul] Keating had asked Australians to think about their history and their long-term future more than any other prime minister had. He was giving voice to a new nationalism for Australia at home and abroad.’ Politically speaking, this national ‘reorientation’ away from supposed cultural ties to Europe was partly reliant upon a strengthened relationship with North America as well as Asia (437); but a ‘new nationalism’ was being activated in the culture: what Anne Brewster terms a ‘new political imaginary’ that, ‘positions indigenous and non-indigenous people in a space of co-existence and co-habitation, where hierarchy is replaced with a sense of the coevalness of contemporary indigenous and non-indigenous modernisms’ (‘Brokering Cross-racial Feminism’ 218). A significant example of this is John Anderson’s long poem, the forest set out like the night. It was published in 1995, the year before Keating’s defeat as Prime Minister. Between the terms of Keating and Howard there emerged a constant public discourse about cultural identity. Lisa Bellear’s collection of poems, Dreaming in Urban Areas was published the year of Howard’s 1996 election win, and stands out as a voice of its moment. This essay considers these books together, against the background of their political era: not as historical artefacts, but rather, as works that try to act upon local and national culture through language. In light of growing commentary on, and contribution to decolonised poetics, this discussion suggests how that tension between the two books takes on a new, timely significance. ' (Publication abstract)
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My Favourite Read
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 December 2015; (p. 12-13) 'Ten Queensland writers reveal their fabourite book...' -
Indigenous Stories Told Collectively
BlackWords : Indigenous Stories Told Collectively
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 5) The BlackWords Essays 2019;In this essay Heiss discusses and explains the important role of anthologies in the creation of communities of writers and in acknowledging, consolidating and launching writing careers.
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"Once Upon a Patriachy" : Cultural Translation in the Poetry of Romaine Moreton
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Partnership Id-Entities : Cultural and Literary Re-Insciption/s of the Feminine 2010; (p. 31-44) -
Colonial Knowledge, Post-Colonial Poetics
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature 2010; (p. 255-277)
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Bellear's Urban Dreams in Print
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 11 September no. 134 1996; (p. 18)
— Review of Dreaming in Urban Areas 1996 selected work poetry -
Shooting from the Hip
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 186 1996; (p. 54)
— Review of Dreaming in Urban Areas 1996 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Autumn vol. 9 no. 1 1997; (p. 144-146)
— Review of Dreaming in Urban Areas 1996 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Heat , no. 4 1997; (p. 184-186)
— Review of Dreaming in Urban Areas 1996 selected work poetry -
The Stolen Generation
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: American Book Review , May-June vol. 18 no. 4 1997; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Dreaming in Urban Areas 1996 selected work poetry ; The Callused Stick of Wanting 1995 selected work poetry -
Colonial Knowledge, Post-Colonial Poetics
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature 2010; (p. 255-277) -
"Once Upon a Patriachy" : Cultural Translation in the Poetry of Romaine Moreton
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Partnership Id-Entities : Cultural and Literary Re-Insciption/s of the Feminine 2010; (p. 31-44) -
Indigenous Stories Told Collectively
BlackWords : Indigenous Stories Told Collectively
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 5) The BlackWords Essays 2019;In this essay Heiss discusses and explains the important role of anthologies in the creation of communities of writers and in acknowledging, consolidating and launching writing careers.
-
My Favourite Read
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 December 2015; (p. 12-13) 'Ten Queensland writers reveal their fabourite book...' -
Undulating Separate : Locality and Nation in the Poetries of John Anderson and Lisa Bellear
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 2 no. 18 2018;'As Troy Bramston writes, ‘By the end of 1992, [Paul] Keating had asked Australians to think about their history and their long-term future more than any other prime minister had. He was giving voice to a new nationalism for Australia at home and abroad.’ Politically speaking, this national ‘reorientation’ away from supposed cultural ties to Europe was partly reliant upon a strengthened relationship with North America as well as Asia (437); but a ‘new nationalism’ was being activated in the culture: what Anne Brewster terms a ‘new political imaginary’ that, ‘positions indigenous and non-indigenous people in a space of co-existence and co-habitation, where hierarchy is replaced with a sense of the coevalness of contemporary indigenous and non-indigenous modernisms’ (‘Brokering Cross-racial Feminism’ 218). A significant example of this is John Anderson’s long poem, the forest set out like the night. It was published in 1995, the year before Keating’s defeat as Prime Minister. Between the terms of Keating and Howard there emerged a constant public discourse about cultural identity. Lisa Bellear’s collection of poems, Dreaming in Urban Areas was published the year of Howard’s 1996 election win, and stands out as a voice of its moment. This essay considers these books together, against the background of their political era: not as historical artefacts, but rather, as works that try to act upon local and national culture through language. In light of growing commentary on, and contribution to decolonised poetics, this discussion suggests how that tension between the two books takes on a new, timely significance. ' (Publication abstract)