- 97: PROPAGANDASUBMIT NOW with M Breeze and S Groth 96: NO THEME IXwith M Gill & J Thayil 95: EARTHwith M Takolander 94: BAYTwith Z Hashem Beck 93: PEACHwith L Van, G Mouratidis, L Toong 92: NO THEME VIIIwith C Gaskin 91: MONSTERwith N Curnow 90: AFRO AUSTRALIANwith S Umar 89: DOMESTICwith N Harkin 88: TRANSQUEERwith S Barnes and Q Eades 87: DIFFICULTwith O Schwartz & H Isemonger 86: NO THEME VIIwith L Gorton 85: PHILIPPINESwith Mookie L and S Lua 84: SUBURBIAwith L Brown and N O'Reilly 83: MATHEMATICSwith F Hile 82: LANDwith J Stuart and J Gibian 81: NEW CARIBBEANwith V Lucien 80: NO THEME VIwith J Beveridge 57.1: EKPHRASTICwith C Atherton and P Hetherington 57: CONFESSIONwith K Glastonbury 56: EXPLODE with D Disney 55.1: DALIT / INDIGENOUSwith M Chakraborty and K MacCarter 55: FUTURE MACHINES with Bella Li 54: NO THEME V with F Wright and O Sakr 53.0: THE END with P Brown 52.0: TOIL with C Jenkins 51.1: UMAMI with L Davies and Lifted Brow 51.0: TRANSTASMAN with B Cassidy 50.0: NO THEME IV with J Tranter 49.1: A BRITISH / IRISH with M Hall and S Seita 49.0: OBSOLETE with T Ryan 48.1: CANADA with K MacCarter and S Rhodes 48.0: CONSTRAINT with C Wakeling 47.0: COLLABORATION with L Armand and H Lambert 46.1: MELBOURNE with M Farrell 46.0: NO THEME III with F Plunkett 45.0: SILENCE with J Owen 44.0: GONDWANALAND with D Motion 43.1: PUMPKIN with K MacCarter 43.0: MASQUE with A Vickery 42.0: NO THEME II with G Ryan 41.1: RATBAGGERY with D Hose 41.0: TRANSPACIFIC with J Rowe and M Nardone 40.1: INDONESIA with K MacCarter 40.0: INTERLOCUTOR with L Hart 39.1: GIBBERBIRD with S Gory 39.0: JACKPOT! with S Wagan Watson 38.0: SYDNEY with A Lorange 37.1: NEBRASKA with S Whalen 37.0: NO THEME! with A Wearne 36.0: ELECTRONICA with J Jones
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Reviews
Angela Costi reviews Poetry Without Borders
Poetry Without Borders edited by Michelle Cahill Picaro Press, 2008 There is a deep sigh of relief when we come across Poetry Without Borders, an anthology willing to cross unknown terrain to bring us the voices of poets rarely heard. …
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Tagged anthologies, multiculturalism
Jill Bamforth reviews John Jenkins
Growing Up with Mr Menzies by John Jenkins John Leonard Press, 2008 John Jenkins' narrative verse, Growing Up with Mr Menzies, begins with an imagined visit by the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, to the Elwood home of the infant …
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Heather Taylor Johnson reviews Ouyang Yu
Reality Dreams by Ouyang Yu Picaro Press, 2008 The Kingsbury Tales by Ouyang Yu Brandl & Schlesinger, 2008 While we awaited the arrival of Ouyang Yu's The Kingsbury Tales, a small treat came in the form of Reality Dreams. It …
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Tagged china, Ouyang Yu
Bridie McCarthy reviews Yvette Holt, Javant Biarujia and Martin Harrison
Anonymous Premonition by Yvette Holt University of Queensland Press, 2008 pointcounterpoint: New and Selected Poems by Javant Biarujia Salt Publishing, 2007 Wild Bees: New and Selected Poems by Martin Harrison University of Western Australia Press, 2008 To read these three …
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Tagged Javant Biarujia, Martin Harrison, Yvette Holt
Lisa Bower reviews Kerry Scuffins
Litmus by Kerry Scuffins Five Islands Press, 2006 Litmus measures the world's volatile climate and shows the reader the cracks beneath the surface of society. The tongue-in-cheek title of this poetry collection acknowledges the binaries of society and then smashes …
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Tagged Kerry Scuffins
Heather Taylor Johnson reviews Mike Ladd
Transit by Mike Ladd Five Islands Press, 2007 I find it a rare and lovely treat when a poet can become androgynous, or cross over discretely from a masculine voice to one that is feminine. While some of my favourite …
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Tagged Mike Ladd
Briohny Doyle reviews Five Islands New Poets 12
Five Islands Press New Poets Series 12 by Ella Holcombe, Angela Costi, Sarah French, Craig Billingham, Nandi Chinna and Adrian Robinson Five Islands Press, 2007 There are about 75 poets in Australia today whose first collection was published as part …
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Tagged Adrian Robinson, Angela Costi, Craig Billingham, Ella Holcombe, Nandi Chinna, Sarah French
Heather Taylor Johnson reviews Jordie Albiston
Vertigo: a cantata by Jordie Albiston John Leonard Press, 2007 One might think a collection devoted entirely to a break-up could become tedious or lamentably repetitive, but Jordie Albiston ensures that each poem in Vertigo: a cantata has a unique …
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Moses Iten reviews Paul Hardacre, Terry Jaensch and Cyril Wong
Love in the place of rats by Paul Hardacre transit lounge, 2007 Excess Baggage and Claim by Terry Jaensch and Cyril Wong transit lounge, 2007 Although Love in the place of rats and Excess Baggage and Claim – both published …
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Tagged Cyril Wong, paul hardacre, Terry Jaensch
Nicholas Manning reviews Eileen Tabios
The Light Sang As It Left Your Eyes by Eileen Tabios Marsh Hawk Press, 2007 In this new century, the writing and rewritings of the poetic self seem to be at the crux of a burgeoning genre; a genre in …
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Heather Taylor Johnson reviews The Best Australian Poetry 2007
The Best Australian Poetry 2007 edited by John Tranter University of Queensland Press, 2007 Anthologies which wrap up the year's 'best' are always greatly anticipated. We want to be reacquainted with our favourite poets, see what sort of spin they've …
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Tagged anthologies, john tranter
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