I've read a couple - Julian Burnside, Germaine Greer. I like the idea
a lot. The best (by far, I reckon) of those I've read is Barrie
Kosky's On Ecstasy. I reviewed it here -
http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-ectsasy.html
20,000 words?! How much are you paying?
xA
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 8:07 PM, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ah, but I can hear Dorothy saying it! It is the crack in the crockery that
> lets the light shine in.
>
> I have never read any of the others in the first series - Malouf, Greer, etc
> - Has anybody? Investigating the MUP site has peaked my interest.
>
> Perhaps we could 'commission' such essays here. Max, Doug, Kenneth, Allison,
> David, and the Usual Suspects, could give us 20 000 words on a general theme
> not too far divorced from poetry - praxis, poetics, verse plays (Allison?),
> ekphrasis, etc. One a month? Who are the coordinators of this list these
> days?
>
> A thought.
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
> On 20 February 2010 16:22, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Ah, Andrew, I have skimmed this piece, and hae me doots.
>>
>> Here is a sample, from page 3 of 4:
>>
>> Everything Sappho writes, even if written in jealous rage, glistens with
>> ''delicious dew''. The thrill of reading her in the original has been raved
>> about by the dustiest of classical scholars.
>>
>> If I was at MUP and it crossed my desk, I'd put a big dark question mark
>> beside
>> that.
>>
>> Max
>>
>> Quoting andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>> > Go to
>> > http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/books/a-ravenous-
>> heart/2010/02/19/1266082347892.htmlfor<http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/books/a-ravenous-%0Aheart/2010/02/19/1266082347892.htmlfor>
>> > a wonderful extract from Dorothy Porter's new book soon to be released
>> > by Mebourne University Press. We are sad that she has gone but I for one
>> am
>> > happy to have this book on the horizon.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Andrew
>> >
>>
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>
>
> --
> Andrew
>
> 'Beyond City Limits', pub. ICLL @ ECU, available at topnotch indie bookshops
> - list at http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
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