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Notes
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Dedication: To my mother, Iris Vera Florence (Steele) Spencer and my father, Walter Collings Spencer, with love.
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'The Mummy's Foot' is described by the author on her web site as 'a long piece that might be called a story or might be called a prose poem (I called it a story when I won the Age Short Story Award with it in 1994, and a poem when I put it in this book)'. (Source : 'Beth Spencer : Poetry : Things in a Glass Box' http://www.bethspencer.com/poetry.htm (sighted 29.1.08)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Wollongong,
Wollongong area,
Illawarra,
South Coast,
New South Wales,:Five Islands Press
,Scarp Productions
, 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Diorama: The Melbourne Museumi"-The moth eats", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Pandora on the Eve of Destruction (for January 1991)i"There's a rerun of "Homicide" on morning tv:-", single work poetry (p. 6-8)
- Eleveni"i put the chocolate egg for Janet", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Fetish / Eyesi"A foot pressed gently on a foot", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Love Poemi"I woke up this morning afraid of the world", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- Shutter Momenti"In the Barber's window of childhood", single work poetry (p. 11)
- The Mummy's Foot (This Girl is Missing), single work short story (p. 12-17)
- The Witches Sabbat/ Bonfire Nighti"Sirens in the suburbs", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Breaking Ice (Getting to Know You)i"in and out of the room the ex-", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Poem for Jessiei"Thinking about those people", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- Falling for You all Over Again (for Chris)i"Once I came up here with you and", single work poetry (p. 20)
- (Mouth) Poemi"I opened my mouth and you slid in", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Family Man (for Warrick)i"That weekend you kept getting electric shocks from my car,", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- We are the Rejectedi"The rejected in love", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- The Museum of Firei"(How can I express this?)", single work poetry (p. 25-32)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Sexual Vivacity & Niminy-Piminy Poetry
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 139 1995; (p. 86-88)
— Review of Crosshatched 1994 selected work poetry ; Path of Ghosts : Poems 1986-93 1994 selected work poetry ; Our Houses Are Full of Smoke 1994 selected work poetry ; Things in a Glass Box 1994 selected work poetry ; My Sweet Sex 1994 selected work poetry -
Books and Journals
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , September vol. 6 no. 3 1994; (p. 105-106)
— Review of Things in a Glass Box 1994 selected work poetry -
Six Poets from Five Islands
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , Summer (1994-1995) vol. 54 no. 4 1994; (p. 180-188)
— Review of Paper Nautilus 1994 selected work poetry ; Things in a Glass Box 1994 selected work poetry ; My Sweet Sex 1994 selected work poetry ; The Wolf Problem in Australia : [Including Reef Notes] 1994 selected work poetry ; Coming Home from the World 1994 selected work poetry ; The Beggar's Codex 1994 selected work poetry -
Six from Scarp
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 164 1994; (p. 52-53)
— Review of Paper Nautilus 1994 selected work poetry ; Things in a Glass Box 1994 selected work poetry ; My Sweet Sex 1994 selected work poetry ; The Wolf Problem in Australia : [Including Reef Notes] 1994 selected work poetry ; Coming Home from the World 1994 selected work poetry ; The Beggar's Codex 1994 selected work poetry
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Six from Scarp
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 164 1994; (p. 52-53)
— Review of Paper Nautilus 1994 selected work poetry ; Things in a Glass Box 1994 selected work poetry ; My Sweet Sex 1994 selected work poetry ; The Wolf Problem in Australia : [Including Reef Notes] 1994 selected work poetry ; Coming Home from the World 1994 selected work poetry ; The Beggar's Codex 1994 selected work poetry -
Six Poets from Five Islands
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , Summer (1994-1995) vol. 54 no. 4 1994; (p. 180-188)
— Review of Paper Nautilus 1994 selected work poetry ; Things in a Glass Box 1994 selected work poetry ; My Sweet Sex 1994 selected work poetry ; The Wolf Problem in Australia : [Including Reef Notes] 1994 selected work poetry ; Coming Home from the World 1994 selected work poetry ; The Beggar's Codex 1994 selected work poetry -
Sexual Vivacity & Niminy-Piminy Poetry
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 139 1995; (p. 86-88)
— Review of Crosshatched 1994 selected work poetry ; Path of Ghosts : Poems 1986-93 1994 selected work poetry ; Our Houses Are Full of Smoke 1994 selected work poetry ; Things in a Glass Box 1994 selected work poetry ; My Sweet Sex 1994 selected work poetry -
Books and Journals
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , September vol. 6 no. 3 1994; (p. 105-106)
— Review of Things in a Glass Box 1994 selected work poetry
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