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Alison Croggon

Alison Croggon

About Alison Croggon

Alison Croggon writes in many genres, including poetry, criticism, theatre and prose. She is Melbourne theatre critic for the national daily newspaper, The Australian, and keeps a blog of theatre criticism, Theatre Notes. In 2009, she was named Geraldine Pascall Critic of the Year. Her poetry has been published widely in anthologies and magazines in Australia and overseas. Her most recent poetry publication is Theatre (Salt Publishing 2008). Her first book of poems, This is the Stone, won the 1991 Anne Elder and Dame Mary Gilmore Prizes.



On Creative Commons II

The notion that poetry is primarily self-expression has often seemed to me a seductive (but conveniently commodifiable) mistake. We all like to think that we are makers of language, but anyone poking around in the engine of poetry uneasily realises that it is just as likely to be the other way around, that just as DNA shapes our morphology, language is the shaper of our consciousness.

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Alison Croggon: Sor Juana

Alison Croggon edits Masthead. This poem was written as part of the Offsets Project.

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Alison Croggon: Breakages

Alison Croggon edits Masthead.

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