Thanks, Jill. Some ripe thoughts here. I too was impressed with the physical sensation of holding Andrew Burke's Undercover of Lightness. Soon I may even open it.
Just kidding. Andrew, I too have 'stood in Australia's backyard/and felt the feet that have gone before' me.
It shouldn't matter I suppose but I too, Jill, am put off by today's oversized novel formats which no longer slip into the back pocket.
Cheers,
Bill
On 28/08/2012, at 2:23 PM, Jill Jones wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I've been a bit busy and distracted recently. Just got back from Qld
> where I was being a poet at a festival.
>
> But - thought you might be interested in some posts I'm doing this
> month as blogger for the Australian literary journal, Southerly.
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> http://southerlyjournal.com.au/
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> First post was about some poetry books. About the book object, so not
> a review, though I mention books by 4 Australian poets and one
> American published in the UK.
>
> Second post is a short homage to Phyllis Webb, not analytic just an
> effusion on a couple of things, with an initial sidestep towards
> Ashbery's prose.
>
> Third post - not there when I looked, but in the pipelines, maybe
> tomorrow - will be a bit about the Qld Poetry Fest, mainly thoughts
> about writing place, with reference to a number of poets and poems but
> especially a. rawlings (another Canadian!) and Nick Powell, emerging
> Aust poet
>
> A fourth is still in my head but am hoping it eventuates in the next
> 24 hours, and then appears before end of week, end of month.
>
> If you like anything there, be lovely to get a comment on the blog.
> But have a read anyway.
>
> Cheers,
> Jill
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> www.jilljones.com.au
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