Thanks Douglas - and I must say, well done Randolph too. It's a
gorgeous object - I have never been so pleased with a book of my own.
Best
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>Well done Alison.
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>Douglas Clark, Bath, England mailto: [log in to unmask]
>Lynx: Poetry from Bath .......... http://www.bath.ac.uk/~exxdgdc/lynx.html
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>On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Randolph Healy wrote:
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>> Wild Honey Press is pleased to announce the publication of _Mnemosyne_ by
>> Alison Croggon.
>>
>> 14x18 cm, 16 pages, 250 gsm "Natural" Strata card cover with colour
>> illustration, hand sewn with green twist.
>>
>> The cover illustration is a detail from Jim Andrews' _Garbogawd_ (the
>> original can be see at http://www.vispo.com).
>> Anyone who knows Jim's work will know to expect a stunner.
>>
>> Alison Croggon is an Australian poet, born in 1962. Her books include the
>> collection _The Blue Gate_and the novel _Navigatio_. She has written the
>> libretto for the operas _The Burrow_ and _Gauguin_and is currently working
>> on _The White Army. _ Her plays include _The Famine _ and _Samarkand._ She
>> is a founding editor of _Masthead_ literary magazine.
>>
>> This is a beautiful text, a series of meditations on birth written with
>> verve and grace.
>>
>> It's $5 / STG3.50. (p&p free) You can order online at
>> http://www.wildhoneypress.com/BOOKS/Mnemosyne.html
>>
>> or just visit to enjoy the cover and some extracts, including the following,
>> appended below. Also available from Peter Riley books.
>>
>>
>> BTW if you're broke and would still like a copy, bc me and we'll organise
>> something.
>>
>> best
>>
>> Randolph
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>>
>>
>> II
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>> no eye no fingerprint no nose no lips no voice unnamed unthought
>> unknown un
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>> til the brain's soft galaxy
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>> unlids itself and sucks the tang of sea
>>
>> dividing into time
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>> cell by cell by cell
>>
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Alison Croggon
Home page
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