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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 Libation
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'‘If there is one word that unites this collection, it is longing - which edges into poems that reconcile science and spiritual paganism, reassess the isolation of childhood and even those that celebrate the natural world. This yearning for a bone-deep knowing is perfectly suited to Livings’s measured lyricism which, while rooted in tradition, can, with equal ease, branch into a more playful mode informed, always, with the twin preoccupations of science and history.’ - Catherine Bateson
'‘The context for the human journey, Libation seems to say, is the widest one possible: that of deep space and time… On the way, the poet pays respect to the earth’s traditional cultures, rites and rituals, rediscovered and affirmed in a direct, experiential and often visceral way, and within specific languages… On a more personal level, several poems confront then stare down death and tragedy, aided by a vital wisdom: namely, the will to life found in all living things, including the many interesting creatures with which we share our lives and little planet…’ - John Jenkins' (Production summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide - Enfield area, Adelaide - Northwest, Adelaide, South Australia,: Ginninderra Press , 2018 .
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      Extent: 82p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 October 2018

      ISBN: 9781760416157

Works about this Work

Jenny Henty Reviews Libation by Earl Livings Jenny Henty , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , December 2019;

— Review of Libation Earl Livings , 2018 selected work poetry
Metaphor and Other Devices : Alex Skovron Launches ‘Libation’ by Earl Livings Alex Skovron , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , September no. 27 2019;

'I frequently begin a launch speech by saying something about my connection with the launchee. This occasion will be no exception. However, there is a slight question-mark as to when exactly Earl Livings and I first met. We seem to agree that it must have happened at the poetry readings in the Lower Town Hall at Hawthorn, which we both attended from the late 1980s into the mid ’90s. We even did a live three-way collaboration there with the composer Roger Alsop in an event featuring some of our poetry set to music in electronic, computer-generated form! So this poet and I do go back a fair way.' (Introduction)

Jenny Henty Reviews Libation by Earl Livings Jenny Henty , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , December 2019;

— Review of Libation Earl Livings , 2018 selected work poetry
Metaphor and Other Devices : Alex Skovron Launches ‘Libation’ by Earl Livings Alex Skovron , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , September no. 27 2019;

'I frequently begin a launch speech by saying something about my connection with the launchee. This occasion will be no exception. However, there is a slight question-mark as to when exactly Earl Livings and I first met. We seem to agree that it must have happened at the poetry readings in the Lower Town Hall at Hawthorn, which we both attended from the late 1980s into the mid ’90s. We even did a live three-way collaboration there with the composer Roger Alsop in an event featuring some of our poetry set to music in electronic, computer-generated form! So this poet and I do go back a fair way.' (Introduction)

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