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Is part of Axis A. J. Carruthers , 2014 series - author poetry (number 1 in series)
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'How to begin a long poem? In AXIS BOOK 1: 'AREAL', the inaugural part of carruthers' long poem project, each 'axis' cuts, layers, folds, and accumulates language in two columns. One side often plays the support role, an 'accompaniment' for the other side. Elsewhere they merge, intersect, cross, or even obliterate each other. Book 1 is the first test of this structure, a laying out of fields, of poetic 'areas.' It asks questions about questions: Can utopia be lived inside the work? Is there a place for the political in the poem? What is the fate of community, of the chorus, of lyric time? Could there be such a thing as poetic geography? Poetic science? What doesn't poetry know about music? Big, bold, brainy. An experimental tour de force.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • for Michael Farrell & Astrid Lorange

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Vagabond Press , 2014 .
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      Extent: 204p.
      ISBN: 9781922181329

Works about this Work

Reviews Axis Book 1 : 'Areal' Terri Ann Quan Sing , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , March no. 23 2019;

— Review of Areal A. J. Carruthers , 2014 selected work poetry

'Ambitious beyond itself; larger than the sum of a single collection; AXIS is a ‘lifelong long poem’; it is the first book-length installment spanning axes one through thirty-one. Since the publication of AXIS Book I: ‘Areal’ an additional eighteen or so axes have been published in various journals in print and online; and Vagabond Press have just announced that AXIS Book II will be coming out later this year. So in anticipation of the impending release of Book II, let’s start at the beginning with AXIS Book I: ‘Areal’ by a.j. carruthers.'  (Introduction)

Simon Eales Reviews A J Carruthers and Jessica L Wilkinson Simon Eales , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 49.0 2015;

— Review of Areal A. J. Carruthers , 2014 selected work poetry ; Suite for Percy Grainger Jessica Wilkinson , 2014 selected work poetry
Review : Axis Book One Desmond Cowley , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 369 2015; (p. 67)

— Review of Areal A. J. Carruthers , 2014 selected work poetry
What I’m Reading Justin Clemens , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2015;
Review : Axis Book One Desmond Cowley , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 369 2015; (p. 67)

— Review of Areal A. J. Carruthers , 2014 selected work poetry
Simon Eales Reviews A J Carruthers and Jessica L Wilkinson Simon Eales , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 49.0 2015;

— Review of Areal A. J. Carruthers , 2014 selected work poetry ; Suite for Percy Grainger Jessica Wilkinson , 2014 selected work poetry
Reviews Axis Book 1 : 'Areal' Terri Ann Quan Sing , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , March no. 23 2019;

— Review of Areal A. J. Carruthers , 2014 selected work poetry

'Ambitious beyond itself; larger than the sum of a single collection; AXIS is a ‘lifelong long poem’; it is the first book-length installment spanning axes one through thirty-one. Since the publication of AXIS Book I: ‘Areal’ an additional eighteen or so axes have been published in various journals in print and online; and Vagabond Press have just announced that AXIS Book II will be coming out later this year. So in anticipation of the impending release of Book II, let’s start at the beginning with AXIS Book I: ‘Areal’ by a.j. carruthers.'  (Introduction)

What I’m Reading Justin Clemens , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2015;
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