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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Swimming Underground
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'‘Though its title suggests a dark netherworld, the poems in swimming underground offer striking glimpses into the past, present and possible future. Some movingly recall childhood trauma, others celebrate iconic Sydney places and people such as Cockatoo Island and Mr Eternity. There are pointed satires of Centrelink bureaucracy and the current appalling treatment of refugees. And, finally, a vision of a world where peace is the rule rather than the exception. Whether celebrating or denouncing, Jenni Nixon’s voice is compelling and evocative.’ – Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Webby AM

'‘These evocative poems bring to life the complexity and beauty of Sydney and its outsider citizens and history. These deeply moving fragments of a city's life take us “underground” by stirring our own deepest memories, especially through a vivid sense of place. Nixon takes us around the harbour and through the streets of Sydney. We smell the salt and hear the cries of birds and people. And we remember. This is a marvellous collection.’ – Julie McCrossin, journalist and broadcaster

'Jenni Nixon is a performer and political poet par excellence… Nixon’s is the voice of the twenty-first century and her strident protests leave no sacred cows upstanding… Lines delivered with the rapid-fire intensity of an expert cannot fail to find their mark.’ – Dr Margaret Bradstock, Agenda!' (Publication summary)

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    • Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide - Enfield area, Adelaide - Northwest, Adelaide, South Australia,: Ginninderra Press , 2015 .
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      Extent: 90p.
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      • Published September 6, 2015
      ISBN: 9781760410230

Works about this Work

Phillip Hall Reviews Connie Barber, Meg Mooney and Jenni Nixon Phillip Hall , 2016 single work
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 4 May no. 54.0 2016;

— Review of The Edge of Winter Connie Barber , 2015 selected work poetry ; Being Martha’s Friend Meg Mooney , 2015 selected work poetry ; Swimming Underground Jenni Nixon , 2015 selected work poetry
Binding Politics with Poetry : Anna Kerdijk Nicholson Launches ‘Swimming Underground’ by Jenni Nixon Anna Nicholson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October - December no. 16 2015;

— Review of Swimming Underground Jenni Nixon , 2015 selected work poetry
Binding Politics with Poetry : Anna Kerdijk Nicholson Launches ‘Swimming Underground’ by Jenni Nixon Anna Nicholson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October - December no. 16 2015;

— Review of Swimming Underground Jenni Nixon , 2015 selected work poetry
Phillip Hall Reviews Connie Barber, Meg Mooney and Jenni Nixon Phillip Hall , 2016 single work
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 4 May no. 54.0 2016;

— Review of The Edge of Winter Connie Barber , 2015 selected work poetry ; Being Martha’s Friend Meg Mooney , 2015 selected work poetry ; Swimming Underground Jenni Nixon , 2015 selected work poetry
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