Cirrus@Austlit

'From long narrative lines to fine-boned, lyrical loops and ties that bind these poems into place, Richard James Allen has taken risks with language that mark this as his most adventurous and significant book to date. --Anthony Lawrence

'Allen's subject is being itself, and the way our biological and mental dimensions interact, with human intelligence and love being the unifying forces for this interaction. --Adam Aitken' (Publication summary)

'Arts Features International: Under the Radar features new and historical literary, film and art works, film work in progress and women filmmakers we'd like to know more about. It includes several pieces inspired by Chris Wallace-Crabbe’s epic poem The Universe Looks Down, extracts from which are printed here, including a current exhibition of a new book and prints The Universe Looks Down by Kristin Headlam at the Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, and a documentary film in-progress by Georgia Wallace-Crabbe and Gregory Miller; the issue includes more on their work; poems by Richard James Allen; a short story by Ruth Skilbeck, an extract “Ruby: Hong Kong Airport” from her novel, and her piece on Behrouz Boochani and Arash Kamali Sarvestani's film made from footage filmed on a mobile phone inside Manus Island detention centre Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time; historical artworks by Andrew Doyle (one of the earliest settler artists in Australia); artworks by Arthur Boyd; Newcastle waterways litter-collecting photojournalism by Michael Gormly; an essay and interview by Ruth Skilbeck on Karen Pearlman’s film trilogy-in-progress on the invisible women editors and filmmakers of Soviet montage films; a futuristic short play script by Vee Malnar; and more.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.