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Alternative title: No Theme 12
Issue Details: First known date: 2023... no. 109 2023 of Cordite Poetry Review est. 1997 Cordite Poetry Review
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'We have had the honour of editing this issue as two poets with collections published and forthcoming with Fremantle Press, and invited by Cordite in the spirit of ‘shining a light’ on the thriving and amorphous field and bush that might be called ‘Western Australian poetry’. By virtue of the no-theme nature of the issue and the blind model of submission, the ‘WA-ness’ comes from where we were both editing on beautiful, unceded and sovereign Whadjuk Noongar boodja, and our attunement to poems referencing places utterly west such as Geraldton and Perth, of which there were many. We wish here to acknowledge the collective indebtedness of Western Australian poets to contemporary First Nations poets, whose wordcrafts and poetic knowledges profoundly shape the landscape in which we and various poets in this edition write.' (Nadia Rhook and Caitlin Maling : Editorial introduction)

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  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.  

Contents

* Contents derived from the 2023 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Syntax Error : Troubleshooting Failures in Coding and Language, Anita Solak , single work criticism

'The kind of learning I’ve been engaging in has left me not knowing the names of things, or forgetting them unless I am using them at that moment. There is so much I don’t know and the act of coding is facing that lack again and again. My notes show this grasping.' (Introduction)

‘Like All Change, It Happens in the Margins’ : Joan Fleming in Conversation with Jeanine Leane, Joan Fleming (interviewer), Jeanine Leane (interviewer), single work interview

'Jeanine Leane and I met in the Spring of 2022 to plot this interview over coffee. Jeanine has a quick, ferocious intelligence that moves associatively, while her fingers make languid circles in her hair. She is fine-boned and extremely upright. The day we met, she wore a fitted, double-breasted greatcoat with military detailing that flared at the waist. She told me she picked it up in Cambridge, England, on a day she was there as an invited speaker. After the talk, she said, while walking along the rigidly manicured paths of the Cambridge campus, she stopped to gesture at a flowering bush and was instantly policed by a porter, one of those grounds-guards in bowler hats who keep non-fellows from walking on the grass. ‘Do you know what day it is?’ Jeanine said to the porter. ‘It’s invasion day today, in so-called Australia. I’ll point at any flower I please.’' (Introduction)

‘Collective Generosities’ : Sara M Saleh in Conversation with Jazz Money, Sara Saleh (interviewer), Jazz Money (interviewer), single work interview

'Jazz Money is a poet and artist of Wiradjuri heritage creating work across installation, digital, performance, film and print. Money’s first poetry collection, how to make a basket (UQP, 2021) was the 2020 winner of the David Unaipon Award. This transcript documents the in-conversation between Money and Sara M Saleh, a poet, writer and human rights lawyer. This exchange marked the launch of how to make a basket and occurred on the unceded lands of the Dharug people in December 2021 at Arts & Cultural Exchange (ACE, formerly Information + Cultural Exchange). This event was co-presented by ACE and Sweatshop Literacy Movement. Throughout their conversation Money and Saleh share necessary and valuable thoughts about poetry as a democratic form, the power of story in contributing to personal and collective identities and the ethics and responsibility of writing.' (Introduction)

‘Atrophy and Entropy’ : Tiarney Miekus in Conversation with Darcey Bella Arnold, Tiarney Miekus (interviewer), Darcey Bella Arnold (interviewer), single work interview

'Language is crucial to Darcey Bella Arnold’s paintings and installations. Words appear throughout the Melbourne-based artist’s work, in rhythms and forms that are almost impossible to replicate with typed script, as the text in one 2020 painting, é dit, reveals:...' (Introduction)

Introduction to Ken Bolton’s A Pirate Life, Nicholas Jose , Zoe Sadokierski , single work review
— Review of A Pirate Life Ken Bolton , 2023 selected work prose ;
'The author’s playfulness is to the fore in this strange, charming book. It is a game which invites the reader to roll the dice, take a card from the deck, gain points, lose a turn, and, one way or another, advance around a notional game board: a pirate’s world of exotic ports, risky encounters, escapades, wonders and the routine of shipboard life, always in the presence of the moody, changeable sea. The cards that guide us are like entries from a log in which, generally, the captain speaks in the second person. Some are as brief as a phrase (‘Mast struck by lightning’), others a couple of taut paragraphs. Patches of narrative and patterns of repetition emerge from the sequence, which we might ‘reshuffle’ to create our own order. Variation is part of the game.' 

(Introduction)

Introduction to Dan Hogan’s Secret Third Thing, Eda Gunaydin , Zoe Sadokierski , single work review
— Review of Secret Third Thing Dan Hogan , 2023 selected work poetry ;

'What characterises Dan Hogan’s poetry is the way that, each time we come close to fully apprehending the impending collapse of capitalism, we are waylaid by something more urgent and mundane: groceries, emails, calls to Centrelink, traffic jams on the way home from work. When the present is frantic, frenetic and demands our full attention, it becomes the only thing that is real. The tragedy with which we live, in Hogan’s words, is that we resultantly have ‘no time to grieve for lost futures’.'(Introduction)

Introduction to A J Carruthers’s AXIS Z Book 3, Wang Guanglin , Zoe Sadokierski , single work review
— Review of AXIS Z Book 3 A. J. Carruthers , 2023 selected work poetry ;

'In a j carruthers’s new collection, verse stanzas, running vertically from top to bottom rather than left to right, challenge the dominant linear mode of thinking and writing in the West. They call attention to alternative forms of representation and reveal the existence of other landscapes. The purpose of the ‘axis’ is no longer confined to one-way movement, but to rotation and circular modes of thinking, writing, and generating new ideas.' (Introduction)

Jennifer Compton Reviews Sarah Holland-Batt and Gavin Yuan Gao, Jennifer Compton , single work review
— Review of The Jaguar Sarah Holland-Batt , 2022 selected work poetry ; At the Altar of Touch Gavin Yuan Gao , 2022 selected work poetry ;

'Both of these considerable books, The Jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt and At the Altar of Touch by Gavin Yuan Gao, arrived into my hands, out of their padded envelope, with all of the gravitas of prize-winners. They are, both of them, winning books – they shine with sincerity and reach and craft – and they won me over with minimal resistance on my part.' (Introduction)

Angela Costi Reviews Anita Patel, Denise O’Hagan and Penelope Layland, Angela Costi , single work review
— Review of Petals Fall Anita Patel , 2022 selected work poetry ; Anamnesis Denise O'Hagan , 2022 selected work poetry ; Beloved Penelope Layland , 2022 selected work poetry ;

'Since 2015, Recent Work Press has published a consistently high standard of poets with years of accomplished adventure including Paul Hetherington, Peter Bakowski, Anne Casey, Damen O’Brien, Phillip Hall, Anne Elvey, Jennifer Compton, Rico Craig, Heather Taylor-Johnson, Cassandra Atherton, Jen Webb, Adrian Caesar, and so many others. Initially, it was Canberra-oriented but has extended its author base to include national and international poets. Also, it considers the work of newer poets such as the following with forthcoming debut collections: Ally Chua, Es Foong, and Thabani Tshuma. Shane Strange, the founder of the press, explains the impetus in an interview with Rosanna Licari of StylusLit (Issue 11) as:,,,' (Introduction)

On Knowingi"I was blonde with a baby on my hip,", Maddie Godfrey , single work poetry
Behind Every Job Ad in Indigenous Studiesi"there are countless meetings at which mouths were fired", Alice Te Punga Somerville , single work poetry
Self-Carei"Another death, another love shed", Omar Sakr , single work poetry
Another Email to Say They’ve Thought about Diversityi"In barren fields of fear I’m jolted by the inexperience of his words,", Patrick Gunasekera , single work poetry
Carrying Water in an Earthen Vesseli"I carry water in an earthen vessel. The jug is made from earth beneath the palash. I follow the birth of fire", Manisha Anjali , single work poetry
And Yet, and Yet, and Yeti"The koolbardi-magpies on noongar boodja-country are thirsty. The water coming out of the cold tap is warm.", Noemie Huttner-Koros , single work poetry
And Here, Now, Againi"And here, now, again,", Saoirse Nash , single work poetry
Running Out of Airi"From the cities we escape", Kate Rees , single work poetry
The Northern Suburbsi"North of Warwick Road, The Underworld. We arDe caught in the flux: an Elysium dream. Our torment,", Scott-Patrick Mitchell , single work poetry
Lifesong (Anti-elegy for a Friend)i"She plays Chopin by the seashore", Matthew Platakos , single work poetry
SORRY IM JUST A BASIC HYSTERIC!!!!!!!! a Love & Farewell Letter to the Clyde Hotel on Cardigan.i"hysteria might be an intolerance for the messiness of gender", Angelita Biscotti , single work poetry

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