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y separately published work icon On Murray's Run : Poems & Lyrics selected work   poetry   lyric/song  
Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 On Murray's Run : Poems & Lyrics
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'‘Renowned songwriter Joe Dolce has long outgrown the pop lyric and moved into a risky domain where recitative, comedy, folk and slapstick build shelters for themselves among social commentary and the poetry of lists. He has a foot, or feet, in diverse realms serious and entertaining and has resolved that he will never record another song that has not been first published as a stand-alone poem. No colleague to his knowledge has yet ventured into this territory yet its potentials for escape from the shiftily High Serious and the narrow criteria of academic critique are obvious. Wit, and the songwriter’s freedoms of seeing one’s creations recorded by others, are possible bases for a jazz-like shift in the profession of poetry, and music remains available to float logjams that commentary is apt to desiccate. Since coming to Quadrant as a regular contributor, he has built a real following for his work, and we’ll miss him when his vogue spreads beyond our pages.’ - Les Murray' (Publication summary)

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    • Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide - Enfield area, Adelaide - Northwest, Adelaide, South Australia,: Ginninderra Press , 2017 .
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      Extent: 210p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 October 2017

      ISBN: 9781760414191

Works about this Work

Verse at the Breakfast Table Lin Van Hek , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 61 no. 10 2017; (p. 80)

— Review of On Murray's Run : Poems & Lyrics Joe Dolce , 2017 selected work poetry lyric/song

'When writing about this collection of poems, I am aware of the long tradition of critical response from the inner sanctum of a poet's life. These early responses to the work can be savage reminders to the poet that someone is listening very closely and with none of the distance of the wider audience that may or may not become the readers.' (Introduction)

Verse at the Breakfast Table Lin Van Hek , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 61 no. 10 2017; (p. 80)

— Review of On Murray's Run : Poems & Lyrics Joe Dolce , 2017 selected work poetry lyric/song

'When writing about this collection of poems, I am aware of the long tradition of critical response from the inner sanctum of a poet's life. These early responses to the work can be savage reminders to the poet that someone is listening very closely and with none of the distance of the wider audience that may or may not become the readers.' (Introduction)

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