Sophie Finlay Sophie Finlay i(8412971 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon The Terrarium Sophie Finlay , Markwell : Flying Island Books , 2024 28136427 2024 selected work poetry “the terrarium will take the reader from the forest to the fragile creatures of a rock pool, from the Coral Sea to the ancient geology of Antarctica. The power of lyric voice and imagery entangles with the crumbling landscapes of the Anthropocene.” --Publisher.
1 Lyric Permeability, Copresence and the Remaking of Identity in Willo Drummond’s Moon Wrasse Sophie Finlay , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 27 no. 2 2023;

— Review of Moon Wrasse Willo Drummond , 2023 selected work poetry
'Moon Wrasse offers a poetic space in which human identity entangles inextricably with the species, assemblages and ecosystems of the natural world. The poems of this collection are vulnerable, personal and dialogic, formed intertextually with poets such as Louise Gluck, Denise Levertov and Rainer Maria Rilke, deepening their rich and complicated entanglements. Moon Wrasse presents a sophisticated, emotive and organic lyric incorporating elegy, ecopoetry and permeability.' (Introduction)           
1 How the Plastic Bag Was Not a Crow i "It was not a crow.", Sophie Finlay , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Authora Australis , no. 7 2023;
1 The Earth Rotates into the Tidal Bulge i "grasses spider into pools", Sophie Finlay , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Authora Australis , no. 7 2023;
1 Kelp Strands i "tuliped", Sophie Finlay , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Authora Australis , no. 7 2023;
1 Various Parts of a Forest i "1) Mossy web", Sophie Finlay , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Saltbush Review , no. 2 2022;
1 Ecofeminism, New Materialism and Lyric Subjectivity in Bonny Cassidy’s Final Theory and Megan Kaminski’s Gentlewomen Sophie Finlay , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 67 no. 1 2022; (p. 134-146)
'This essay considers how Final Theory (2014) by Australian poet Bonny Cassidy and Gentlewomen (2020) by American poet Megan Kaminski extend our understanding of lyric subjectivity and provide insights into the intersections between ecofeminism and new materialism. in bringing these two contemporary poets alongside one another, I hope to draw attention to trans-Pacific intersections in feminist ecopoetics. Cassidy and Kaminski may practise different poetics, but both encompass inclusive ways of being within the more-than-human world and both find ways to critique, extend or embrace lyricism, demonstrating lyric as a highly flexible medium.' (Introduction) 
 
1 Zooxanthellae i "diadems spill with echoes", Sophie Finlay , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , November 2020;
1 Sea-country Sophie Finlay , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , November 2020;
1 Wax and Wane i "deep in the trench", Sophie Finlay , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , November 2020;
1 Sea Country Sophie Finlay , 2020 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , November 2020;
1 When the Forest Shrieked i "drought glides with breaths of dust", Sophie Finlay , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain : An Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics , October vol. 7 no. 2 2020;
1 Mass Death: Murray Cod, Bream, Gold Perch i "a soft white metallic lustre", Matthew Hall , Sophie Finlay , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 65 no. 1 2020; (p. 184-185)
1 Floral Organs (A History of Fire) i "deep red swells from skin", Sophie Finlay , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain: An Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics , March vol. 7 no. 1 2020;
1 Meret i "braced as a ruined track", Sophie Finlay , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Otoliths , August no. 54 2019;
1 Massdeath : Short Finned Eels 37° 48'56.0" 144°52'33.6"E i "by scale", Matthew Hall , Sophie Finlay , 2019 single work
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 9 no. 1 2019; (p. 57)
1 Massdeath : Short Finned Eels 37° 49'36.4"144°53'40.0"E, i "Meat", Matthew Hall , Sophie Finlay , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 9 no. 1 2019; (p. 56-57)
1 Antarctic Plateau i "A tinge distils to cerulean, lenses glanced light...", Sophie Finlay , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , December vol. 76 no. 4 2017; (p. 17)
1 Glossopteris i "bands of earth", Sophie Finlay , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , December 2017;
1 Symbiosis i "water knocks", Sophie Finlay , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 August vol. 82 no. 2017;
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