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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... no. 14 September 2023 of StylusLit est. 2017 StylusLit
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'Hello Spring!

'And welcome to Issue 14 of StylusLit where we interview Jan Owen and Brett Dionysius who will share their thoughts on writing and their recent work. 

'We also include poems by Marie-Andrée Auclair, paul Bluestein, Phil Brown, Allan Lake, Andrew Lansdown, Justin Lowe, Vasilka Pateras, Heather Taylor-Johnson, Isi Unikowski, Sean West, Ron Wilkins and Jena Woodhouse.

'There’s short fiction from Paul Murgatroyd, Mark O’Flynn, and Debbie Robson.

'Finally, read reviews of Peter Bakowski’s Our Ways on Earth, Brett Dionysius’ Critical State, Jane Frank’s Ghosts Struggle to Swim, Pauline Hopkins (Ed.) It’s All Connected: Feminist Fiction and Poetry and Beth Spencer’s The Age of Fibs.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes: 

    Coda By Marie-Andrée Auclair

    D-Day By paul Bluestein

Contents

* Contents derived from the 2023 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
[Review] Critical State, Jane Frank , single work review
— Review of Critical State B. R. Dionysius , 2022 selected work poetry ;

'Critical State is Brett Dionysius’ ninth full poetry collection, and encapsulates work spanning the past decade in order to celebrate the extraordinary diversity of species in his home state of Queensland but also warn of the biodiversity loss resulting from human action that ‘raises awareness about the increasing effects of the Anthropocene.’ The title Critical State has a menacing double entendre.' (Introduction)

[Review] Ghosts Struggle to Swim, Rosanna Licari , single work review
— Review of Ghosts Struggle to Swim Jane Frank , 2023 selected work poetry ;
[Review] It’s All Connected: Feminist Fiction and Poetry, Jane Frank , single work review
— Review of It's All Connected : Feminist Fiction and Poetry 2023 anthology prose ;

'It’s All Connected: Feminist Fiction and Poetry brings together the creative work of 39 Australian writers to mark the beginning of the fourth decade of eminent feminist press, Spinifex Press, publishing women’s stories. The book is a companion volume to Not Dead YetFeminism, Passion and Women’s Liberation (2021) edited by Renate Klein and Susan Hawthorne.' (Introduction)

[Review] Our Ways on Earth, Jane Frank , single work review
— Review of Our Ways on Earth Peter Bakowski , 2022 selected work poetry ;

'Our Ways on Earth is Peter Bakowski’s eighth full collection of poems—wise, wistful and idiosynchratic in equal parts. Bakowski has been writing poetry for forty years and is delightfully described in the author biography at the back of the book as ‘a bounding deer in the long grass of poetry’ [73]. With disarming simplicity, these poems carry us in an uninterrupted stream through a gallery of human and non-human portraits, occasionally breaking for playfulness with quirkier poems about what poetry is, or that rely on strings of brightly imaged metaphors, or haiku and one- or two-line dryly humorous poems.' (Publication summary)   

[Review] The Age of Fibs, Jane Frank , single work review
— Review of The Age of Fibs and Other Short Stories Beth Spencer , 2018 selected work short story ;

'Beth Spencer’s most recent publication, The Age of Fibs, is a montage of stories, memoir and microlit that, if you’re a reader like me, will surprise, amuse and hold you until the last page is turned. Spencer, a seasoned writer of poetry, short stories, novels and academic works (most recently Vagabondage in 2015 which was poetry, microlit and travelogue) readily admits that this blend of pieces—many published previously in other contexts— derives its power and connection through ‘the energy of crossover’.' (Publication summary)

The Invitation, Debbie Robson , single work short story
Two Desks, Mark O'Flynn , single work short story
Brett Dionysius in Conversation with Rosanna E. Licari, Rosanna Licari (interviewer), single work interview
Jan Owen in Conversation with Rosanna E. Licari, Rosanna Licari (interviewer), single work interview
A Teenage Boy Drives in a Tank to His Junior Promi"Perhaps it’s a good idea to wrap the heart in armour first.", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry
An Olive Tree in Floweri"A B-grade movie drumbeat of doors and panes,", Isi Unikowski , single work poetry
Another Countryi"Even the language,", Andrew Lansdown , single work
Beyond the Framei"This place has another story", Vasilka Pateras , single work poetry
Coasting Along in Sicilyi"I can’t say what was so good about", Allan Lake , single work poetry
Good Griefi"I sit on cyan timber slats", Sean West , single work poetry
Hemingway in Brisbanei"Summer here is fine until it isn’t", Phil Brown , single work poetry
Ordinary August Morningi"Lank grass in hanks like unbleached hemp", Jena Woodhouse , single work poetry
Sargassoi"Dave, gentle blue-eyed Dave, tends to", Justin Lowe , single work poetry
The House on Stiltsi"It isn’t the beginning but start with this morning: finally sun", Heather Taylor Johnson , single work poetry
Three Views of Edo, Jan Owen , sequence poetry

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