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Articles on Australian poetry
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Ali Cobby Eckermann’s first book since winning the Windham Campbell Prize may well prove her most enduring.
In speaking to the moment, poets are bringing the apocalypse to Australian literature.
John Tranter’s poetry was defined by his relentless desire to experiment.
Influential jurist Barron Field introduced the concept of terra nullius into the law of colonial Australia. His poetry provides crucial insights into his thinking.
Les Murray’s habit of rearranging and recontexualising his poetry was a reflection of his distinctive way of perceiving the world.
In Killernova, celebrations of history, nature and heritage are tinged with despair at contemporary degradation of nature, bringing catastrophic loss.
A close friend of John Curtin, Dame Mary Gilmore wrote poems on topics such as colonial violence and the plight of the koala. How has her great, great nephew, Scott Morrison, chosen to remember her?
Dunlop’s 1838 poem, The Aboriginal Mother, about the suffering inflicted at the Myall Creek massacre, made the new immigrant from Ireland locally notorious.
The WA based publisher has a strong commitment to Australian poetry, publishing both ‘big name’ writers and smaller voices.
Bertha Lawson alleged that her husband, celebrated poet Henry Lawson, was habitually cruel and drunk.
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Lecturer, Creative Writing, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, English and Creative Writing, Southern Cross University
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Professor of English Literature, The University of Queensland
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Emeritus Professor of Writing, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, Macquarie University
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Research Fellow, School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor of Literature and Environment, Curtin University
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Director of AustLit, Associate Professor in Digital Cultural Heritage, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
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DECRA Fellow in English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of the Arts & Media, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Charles Darwin University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous), Australian Catholic University