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Philip Hodgins Philip Hodgins i(A12483 works by) (birth name: Ian Philip Hodgins)
Born: Established: 28 Jan 1959 Shepparton, Shepparton area, Goulburn - Campaspe area, Northern Victoria, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 18 Aug 1995 Maryborough, Maryborough (Vic) area, Clunes - Maryborough - Dunolly area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Irish
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1 y separately published work icon First Light : A Selection of Poems Philip Hodgins , New York (City) : George Braziller , 2015 8860875 2015 selected work poetry

'Philip Hodgins was the most loved poet of his generation, whose life was cut tragically short. “If he had lived as long as his admired Goethe, he would probably have been Goethe.” – Clive James.

'The fourth book in the Braziller series of Australian poets. Philip Hodgins is unique in his unflinchingly honest and mordant account of country life in Australia. In a vivid and lucid style, his astonishing poems reveal the complexities, depths and urgencies of living at the edge of life and death. Renowned for his sophisticated yet understated craftsmanship, Hodgins writes with subtlety, humor and heartbreaking intensity. Edited and with an introduction by American poet and poetry scholar, Paul Kane.' (Publication summary)
45 36 y separately published work icon The White Tiger Aravind Adiga , London : Atlantic Books , 2008 Z1521556 2008 single work novel (taught in 2 units) 'Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 6 y separately published work icon New Selected Poems Philip Hodgins , Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 2000 Z798009 2000 selected work poetry
1 Death Sentences Philip Hodgins , 1999-1989 single work review
— Appears in: Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam 1999; (p. 122-123)
— Review of Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam Peter Goldsworthy , 1993 single work short story
1 [Untitled] (from The Way Things Were) i "Our footy ground was just behind the hall.", Philip Hodgins , 1998 single work poetry
— Appears in: Family Ties : Australian Poems of the Family 1998; (p. 283-284)
1 12 y separately published work icon Selected Poems Philip Hodgins , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1997 Z338014 1997 selected work poetry A selection of poems from the work of one of Australia's finest poets, this collection includes work from Hodgins' previously published poetry collections, which include "Blood and Bone", "Down the Lake with Half a Chook", "Animal Warmth" and "Disposessed".
1 A Decaying Form i "This afternoon, walking along the creek,", Philip Hodgins , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , July no. 141 1995; (p. 24) Things Happen 1995; (p. 12-14) Selected Poems 1997; (p. 288-289) New Selected Poems 2000; (p. 192-193)
1 Her First Poem i "She writes with patience", Philip Hodgins , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , July no. 141 1995; (p. 24) Things Happen 1995; (p. 42-43) Selected Poems 1997; (p. 308-309) New Selected Poems 2000; (p. 211-212)
1 The Creek i "Boc! The empty tinnie", Philip Hodgins , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , July no. 141 1995; (p. 24) Things Happen 1995; (p. 36-37) Selected Poems 1997; (p. 305-306) New Selected Poems 2000; (p. 208-209)
1 Woman with an Axe i "She sits on the splitting-block", Philip Hodgins , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , July no. 141 1995; (p. 25) Things Happen 1995; (p. 24-27) Selected Poems 1997; (p. 296-298) New Selected Poems 2000; (p. 199-201) Australian Poetry Since 1788 2011; (p. 1012-1014)
1 The Sick Poem i "The poem has cancer.", Philip Hodgins , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , July no. 141 1995; (p. 25) Things Happen 1995; (p. 49-50) Selected Poems 1997; (p. 314-315) New Selected Poems 2000; (p. 217-218)
1 2 The Land Itself i "Beyond all arguments there is the land itself,", Philip Hodgins , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , July no. 141 1995; (p. 25) Things Happen 1995; (p. 9) Selected Poems 1997; (p. 285) Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology 1998; (p. 18-19) New Selected Poems 2000; (p. 189) True Blue? : On Being Australian 2008; (p. 129)
1 The Meaning i "Last night a pair of eyes", Philip Hodgins , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , July no. 141 1995; (p. 25) Things Happen 1995; (p. 5-7) Selected Poems 1997; (p. 281-283) New Selected Poems 2000; (p. 186-187) Australian Poetry Since 1788 2011; (p. 1008-1010)
1 Melbourne Heatwave i "Looking straight down from that stone and iron bridge", Philip Hodgins , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , July no. 141 1995; (p. 26) Things Happen 1995; (p. 62-63) Selected Poems 1997; (p. 324-325) New Selected Poems 2000; (p. 227-228) New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2001; (p. 62-63)
1 The Snake in the Department Store i "Two farm boys riding bikes along a track", Philip Hodgins , 1995 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , July no. 141 1995; (p. 26) Things Happen 1995; (p. 19-21) Selected Poems 1997; (p. 293-295) New Selected Poems 2000; (p. 197-198)
1 Haematopoietics i "The firmness of the desk has given", Philip Hodgins , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , July no. 141 1995; (p. 26) Things Happen 1995; (p. 47-48) Selected Poems 1997; (p. 313) New Selected Poems 2000; (p. 216)
1 Kitchen i "In the corner slumps", Philip Hodgins , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Things Happen 1995; (p. 64-65) Selected Poems 1997; (p. 326-327) New Selected Poems 2000; (p. 229)
1 St Stephen's Day in Venice i "We watched a big Italian warship", Philip Hodgins , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Things Happen 1995; (p. 60-61)
1 Giorgio de Chirico i "It is always late afternoon", Philip Hodgins , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Things Happen 1995; (p. 59)
1 The Precise Moment i "The surgeon cuts a green apple in half,", Philip Hodgins , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Things Happen 1995; (p. 57-58) Selected Poems 1997; (p. 322-323) New Selected Poems 2000; (p. 225-226)
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