Rae Armantrout



‘The absence of certainty’: Kate Lilley in Conversation with Rae Armantrout

In September 2024, Rae Armantrout, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet from the United States, visited Australia and spoke with prominent Australian poet Kate Lilley. Below is an edited transcript of their conversation, introduced by Monique Rooney from the Australian National University.

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VAMPIRE PROBLEMS

It took us just sixty years to slurp up the Ogallala aquifer. Poets keep asking, “What if poetry won’t save us?” It’s fun to say ”Whaat??” I taught my granddaughter, Renee. Now she’s ready for first grade. But, seriously, we …

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‘Beware! This is not a real biography!’: Ali Alizadeh Interviews Jessica L Wilkinson

To many, biographies are a generic section in a bookshop which showcase – as this interview will discuss – a supposed element of ‘truth’. Suggestions of worthiness through platitudes such as ‘based on a true story’ or a ‘definitive biography …

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Inner

Heaven, if it exists, is when there is no difference between watching and being watched. * “Show-off!” * Then quark and anti-quark auto-correct and I get “glaze-hog” for my inner Santa

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