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David Prater

David Prater was Cordite's Managing Editor from 2001 to 2012. His first poetry collection, We Will Disappear, was published by papertiger media in 2007, and Vagabond Press published his chapbook Morgenland in the same year. His poetry has appeared in a wide range of Australian and international journals, and he has performed his work at festivals in Australia, Japan, Bulgaria, Canada, the United States, the Netherlands and Macedonia. He has also undertaken two writers’ residencies in Seoul, Republic of Korea, and has worked extensively as a teacher, editor and researcher. He currently lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

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David Prater Interviews John Leonard

Posted on March 19, 2008 by David Prater

In December 2007 Canberra-based poet John Leonard wrapped up his innings as poetry editor of Overland, the Melbourne-based journal whose motto is Temper democratic, bias Australian.

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Q&A with Ryan Paine

Posted on July 24, 2007 by David Prater

We've all read those interviews where the interviewer begins by making a few remarks about his or her subject – perhaps something cliched about a 'piercing gaze' or 'bubbly persona' – as a way of easing the reader into what promises to be a puff piece or a booster article …

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David Prater: Hits & Online Readership

Posted on July 24, 2007 by David Prater

Frank Moorhouse's article in The Sunday Age (full text here) discusses the ongoing Meanjin 'controversy' in a much-needed context: that of the troubles currently facing print magazines, as well as some of the problems facing online magazines in Australia.

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Generation of Zeroes

Posted on December 19, 2006 by David Prater

Cordite 25 – Generation of Zeroes is now online, featuring new works by a whole bunch of digitally cool poets including Carol Jenkins, Derek Motion, Elena Knox, Jill Jones, Joel Deane, Klare Lanson and more! Our special guest poetry editor …

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David Prater: Exes & Zeroes

Posted on November 28, 2006 by David Prater

sing/ a song of/exes & zeroes/ just one/ now down a maple lane/we walk/together/talk of breaking up/getting back together/forever/never whatever /slam doors/ walking through them/ first glances/second go/ looks that kill or maim/ circumstance/rhythms/ return home/clothes/off or on/unanswered calls/ last …

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Greetings to the New Malleys

Posted on December 1, 2005 by David Prater

Ern Malley, the original dromedary of Australian poetry has been anthologised, criticised and mythologised beyond belief. It's perhaps sobering to reflect that while Ern Malley's creators, his twin Gepettos James Macauley and Harold Stewart along with his original sponsor Max Harris have passed from this world, Ern's legend lives on. What is it about Ern Malley that refuses to die?

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Abby S. Malley: Dürer: Innsbruck (2005)

Posted on November 26, 2005 by David Prater

ABBY S. MALLEY is a professional llama wrangler who grew up in the

Victorian town of Ouyen. This is her first publication and she would like to

dedicate this poem to the memory of her beloved father.

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David Prater Interviews John Tranter

Posted on June 27, 2005 by David Prater

In the following interview with David Prater, John discusses his editorial philosophy, the future of the global internet and the mystery of his missing moustache.

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Dead Poem Office

Posted on June 27, 2005 by David Prater

I read the last rites over your submission today & since our procedures have been streamlined I'm delighted & at the same time proud to say That we've found a place for your poetry here. Give us your poems & …

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Editorial Intervention

Posted on June 26, 2005 by David Prater

Usually I despise the practice whereby editors place their own work in an issue of the publication they're editing. Apart from denying a place to someone whose work is probably better, such actions often signal a kind of desperation, a …

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Domesticated Enemies

Posted on April 24, 2005 by David Prater

Our 21st issue, Domestic Enemy, sees Cordite finally obtain its majority! From our humble beginnings in 1997, it's been a long and dusty road, filled with many pit-stops, refuels, vehicle and driver changes, roadblocks, fake abductions, detours and [insert your …

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James Stuart: From Text To Texture

Posted on December 7, 2004 by David Prater

James Stuart reviews Words and Things (Patrick Jones, ed.) in our Submerged issue. The review is part of a larger article commissioned by Cordite, available here in PDF format.

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Q&A with Ian McBryde

Posted on August 23, 2004 by David Prater

“Domain is without exception the most difficult and challenging poetry collection I have ever tackled. It involved almost four years of steady research and writing. It had a profound effect on me, and caused many a night of uneasy sleep. I found myself quite overcome by a lot of the imagery and literature, which hung around me in a sad, invisible, cloying sort of way.” Ian McBryde talks about his latest collection of poetry.

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Searching for the Young Haiku Rebels

Posted on March 3, 2004 by David Prater

“What is it about haiku that cannot be defeated?” asked Jim Kacian, one of the founders of the World Haiku Association, in a paper delivered at the first conference of the WHA in Croatia, 2000. It's a good question, one …

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David Prater Interviews Andrew Cox

Posted on March 1, 2004 by David Prater

The Fauves have been making music for sixteen years. Having risen from humble Mornington Peninsula beginnings they have witnessed the excesses and stupidity of the circus that is Oz Rock. Singer/ guitarist Andrew Cox took time out from the recording …

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David Prater Interviews Margaret Phillips

Posted on March 1, 2004 by David Prater

The aim of the National Library and its partners is to archive all Australian online publications that have significant individual research value, as well as a representative sample of other publications and web sites that collectively provide a picture of the Internet in Australia and what Australians are communicating through it at a given point in time.

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Foreword

Posted on January 1, 2004 by David Prater

Armed Conflict in the 21st Century: The Information Revolution Redefining “critical work” in our students, and, ironically, in the Name of France, our aim is to insert left margins into what we have Here, both in teacher-student and theorist. Here …

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David Prater Interviews Justin Treyvaud

Posted on December 9, 2003 by David Prater

Justin Treyvaud and Bec Lean published a literary journal by the name of mod_piece for two years between October 2001 and October 2003. A grand total of 22 issues were produced in this time (because they took January off each …

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David Prater Interviews Coral Hull

Posted on September 17, 2003 by David Prater

Australian poetry needs to be more like entertainer Ricky Martin. It needs to be both sexy and spiritual. It needs to bring us back from the dead.

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Q&A with the Spierigs

Posted on September 1, 2003 by David Prater

There are some characters, specifically the cop, who is an extreme example of an Australian personality, and when we thought about the six people who would carry this movie, they would all have to have very distinct personalities and somebody like that is definitely different to the Marian character [he of the three barrelled shotgun fame – ed.] … I mean, there’s never been an Aussie zombie comedy before.

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David Prater experiences Roo-ku (LIVE)

Posted on September 1, 2003 by David Prater

LIVE: Roo-ku (Overload Poetry Festival) Saturday 23 August 2003 I was flattered to receive an invitation last month to MC a reading put on by the Overload Poetry Festival with the mischievous title of “Roo-ku” – as in Australian haiku, …

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Q&A with David Penny

Posted on September 24, 2002 by David Prater

David Penny is the creator of Portable Poetry, a website where you can virtually assemble a customised book of poetry, which Penny then constructs in the real world, using traditional book-binding methods. David Prater fired off some questions via e-mail.

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A Message To BardsterTM Users

Posted on September 22, 2002 by David Prater

The BardsterTM community is as you know the largest & fastest growing community on the internet & we have you to thank for that. Since BardsterTM's launch last year poetry lovers have downloaded more than eight billion poems from our …

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David Prater Interviews Emilie Zoey Baker

Posted on September 22, 2002 by David Prater

“You Talkin' To Me?” is a brand new CD compilation of Melbourne's spoken word talent, featuring the likes of Ed Burger, Sean M Whelan, Edwina Preston, Terry Jaensch, Dorothy Porter and Phil Norton. It's Emilie Zoey Baker's baby, but she …

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