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 in PDF format.
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Image by Marie Sierra, from Words and Things.
Just now, I'm weary of the fractured, playful, tense world of the post-modern, post-language poets, the pomopomopomopony. 15 years back I was delighted to play with my mind in that way, to play with my politics in that way, to play with my ideas of language and literature in that way. But increasingly for me there seems to be a gap, a hollow, another path to follow. Some texts of the disenfranchised want for anchors.
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The Year Nothing by Paul Hardacre
Gateway to the Sphinx by Tony Page
Love is the New Hate by Sean M. Whelan
Struggle & radiance: ten commentaries by Jill Jones
Trio by John Tranter
Museum of space by Peter Boyle
Dark River by John Jenkins
New and Selected Poems by Ouyang Yu
Domain by Ian McBryde
Shadow Selves by Deb Matthews-Zott
Totem by Luke Davies
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Johanna Featherstone established The Red Room Company in 2003. Based in Sydney, Red Room creates, promotes and publishes new poetry by Australian writers in unusual ways. Paul Mitchell spoke to her recently about her work. 
Justin Heazlewood writes regularly for BMA and Voiceworks. He is, however, better known for his role as Triple J's “Bedroom Philosopher,” a character he continued to develop at the recent Melbourne Comedy Festival. Here he talks to Benny Walter about his comedy in depth.
“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.
