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States of Poetry 2016 NSW Podcast | 'time conquers all' by Susie Anderson

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One • 29 June 2016

In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Susie Anderson reads her poem 'time conquers all' which features in the 2016 NSW anthology.   time conquers all all of the businessmen are pleased to be outside on their lunchbreak. young men looking slightly awkward in suits reminds me of a past lover and I assume I will make this association for the rest of my life. ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 NSW Podcast | Introduction and 'small town apocalypse' by Susie Anderson

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One • 29 June 2016

In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Susie Anderson introduces her anthology and reads her poem 'small town apocalypse' which features in the 2016 NSW anthology.   small town apocalypse  she used to walk out to the road at the end of town, put her arms and legs up to the sky and stretch out to reach all of the stars. the next summer it seemed like sh ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 SA Podcast | 'Suburban Panopticon' by Thom Sullivan

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One • 28 June 2016

In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Thom Sullivan reads his poem 'Suburban Panopticon' which features in the 2016 SA anthology.   Suburban Panopticon i. birds have their own topography : overlaidon ours : which is vertical & detailed :with its own system of needs :its own deviations : the nerve-endsin my fingertips : & a tremor in my latissimus ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 QLD Podcast | 'Quetzalcoatl' by Sarah Holland-Batt

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One • 28 June 2016

In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Sarah Holland-Batt reads her poem 'Quetzalcoatl' which features in the 2016 QLD anthology.   Quetzalcoatl  —for Vera Pavlova, in Mexico City On the bus to Teotihuacan, we turna new god's name on our tongues like a charm, jagging pastcinderblocked hills chocked over the motorway,grey pixels stacked so high the ... (read more)

The Update - June 28, 2016

ABR Arts • 28 June 2016

ANAM and BPO Brett Dean is the subject of our next Stage Door interview in the magazine (August). Michael Shmith discusses Dean's remarkable career with the composer-violist, with particular reference to his new opera, Hamlet, which will première at Glyndebourne in June 2017. (Arts Update, like many, eagerly awaits news of an Australian première.) In the interview, Brett Dean – a former Dire ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 WA Podcast | 'Reading the Landscape' by J.P. Quinton

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One • 27 June 2016

In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, J.P. Quinton reads his poem 'Reading the Landscape' which features in the 2016 WA anthology. Reading the Landscape To read a landscape by another landscape;Valley cloud reveals altitude. To read the landscape visits the egoThat prevents a proper reading. To this landscape, the circular fireplaceAnd a straight trunk – xan ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 ACT Podcast | 'Lady Mungo Speaks' and 'Whitefellas' by Jeanine Leane

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One • 27 June 2016

In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Jeanine Leane reads her poems 'Lady Mungo Speaks' and 'Whitefellas' which feature in the 2016 ACT anthology.   Lady Mungo Speaks For Garry Papin and the Muthi-Muthi People of Lake Mungo Lady Mungo heard the white scientists tramplingon her people's sacredness and she began to surface –to speak.While you archaeologis ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 ACT Podcast | 'The Saying and The Said' and 'Dad' by Sarah Rice

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One • 23 June 2016

In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Sarah Rice reads her poems 'The Saying and The Said' and 'Dad' which feature in the 2016 ACT anthology.   The Saying and the Said Timing and manner my mum would always sayand it's true, the how and when override the whatof what's said, and the same is true of poetry. I don't think people remember their tone when ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 WA Podcast | 'At the house where my father was born' and 'Triple Mirrors' by Carolyn Abbs

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One • 23 June 2016

In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Carolyn Abbs reads her poems 'At the house where my father was born' and 'Triple Mirrors' which feature in the 2016 Western Australian anthology.   At the house where my father was born 'It hurts to go through walls, it makes you sick,but it's necessary.' − Tomas Tranströmer I'd expected a labyrinth of small dark r ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 QLD Podcast | 'the black hand of Badia Elmi' by Nathan Shepherdson

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One • 23 June 2016

In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Nathan Shepherdson reads his poem 'the black hand of Badia Elmi' which features in the 2016 Queensland anthology.   the black hand of Badia Elmi     Nathan Shepherdson 'the black hand of Badia Elmi' appears in 'States of Poetry - QLD'. You can learn more about States of Poetry and read the full antholo ... (read more)