John Lloyd John Lloyd i(A18178 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 The Mucrones John Lloyd , 1965 single work criticism
— Appears in: Makar , October no. 23 1965; (p. 22-28)
Mucrones is a term invented by the author to decribe a group on Melbourne writers associated with the literary journal Jargon.
1 R.D. FitzGerald : Motif in Later Lyrical Development John Lloyd , 1964 single work criticism
— Appears in: Makar , October no. 20 1964; (p. 26-35)
1 Equipoise of an Iris i "Joined to one stem", John Lloyd , 1963 single work poetry
— Appears in: Makar , 19 June no. 15 1963; (p. 18)
1 A Goodbye for Barbara i "Come to the Christening", John Lloyd , 1962 single work poetry
— Appears in: Makar , October no. 13 1962; (p. 12)
1 Australian Criticism John Lloyd , 1962 single work criticism
— Appears in: Makar , April no. 10 1962; (p. 3-4)
1 David Rowbotham : The Lyric Gift John Lloyd , 1961 single work criticism
— Appears in: Makar , July no. 8 1961; (p. 3-6)
1 What's in a Name - A.D. Hope John Lloyd , 1961 single work criticism
— Appears in: Makar , June no. 7 1961; (p. 5-7)
1 David Forrest John Lloyd , 1961 single work criticism
— Appears in: Makar , March no. 5 1961; (p. 25)
1 The Fiddler of Beauty John Lloyd , 1960 single work criticism
— Appears in: Galmahra 1960; (p. 28 - 29, 31, 33)
1 5 y separately published work icon Makar John Sharwood (editor), John Lloyd (editor), Alan Frost (editor), Ross Mezger (editor), Cassandra J. Carter (editor), Graham Rowlands (editor), Martin Duwell (editor), Jill Mellick (editor), Martin Duwell (editor), Peter Annand (editor), Martin Duwell (editor), Peter Annand (editor), Rodney Wissler (editor), Martin Duwell (editor), Rodney Wissler (editor), Martin Duwell (editor), Cornelis Vleeskens (editor), 1960 St Lucia : University of Queensland. English Society , 1960-1972 Z933587 1960 periodical (68 issues)

Makar was established in 1960 as a student run magazine of the English Society of the University of Queensland. Taking its title from the middle-Scots word for maker, it published poetry, fiction, drama and criticism. Graham Rowlands was appointed editor soon after the magazine changed to a smaller format in 1966. Then, in 1968, Martin Duwell was appointed editor, beginning his long association with the magazine. By the early 1970s the poetry published in Makar had evolved, according to Robert Habost in his 1982 assessment for Image, 'from the "gushy", "high flying", imagistic, traditional rhyming verse' of the early 1960s 'to ... stark, concise, condensed verse'.

Makar appeared four times a year until 1972 when one of the four was replaced with three small books of poetry produced for the Gargoyle Poet Series published by Makar Press. Poets who were published in this series include Graham Rowlands, Alan Wearne, Peter Annand, Antigone Kefala, Rae Desmond Jones, Kris Hemensley, Eric Beach, John Tranter, Philip Neilsen, Jennifer Maiden, John Scott and Geoff Page.

In a 1977 survey for Australian Literary Studies, Duwell characterised the magazine as a 'forum approach' in contrast to a 'manifesto magazine', accepting a wide variety of forms and subjects. Critics saw this plurality as a sign of the magazine's lack of direction. But Duwell, while accepting that such an approach might not give the magazine a lasting reputation, argued that Makar provided a useful representation of the variety of contemporary creative writing.

Makar also conducted a significant series of interviews with contemporary writers, some of which were published in A Possible Contemporary Poetry (1982). In his introduction to this volume, Duwell imagined the Makar audience as 'reasonably intelligent, willing, but puzzled' about the 'profound and acrimonious disagreement about the nature and role of poetry and language'. It was to such debates that Makar addressed itself. The last issue of Makar appeared in September 1980.

1 The Struggle i "Waves Washing on a quiet shore", John Lloyd , 1960 single work poetry
— Appears in: Makar , May no. 1 1960; (p. 9)
1 Brussels i "And I remember...", John Lloyd , 1960 single work poetry
— Appears in: Makar , August no. 4 1960; (p. 19)
1 A Deserted Room i "The house is silent now -", John Lloyd , 1960 single work poetry
— Appears in: Makar , July no. 3 1960; (p. 7)
1 The End i "Who knows... God knows... What?", John Lloyd , 1960 single work poetry
— Appears in: Makar , June no. 2 1960; (p. 6)
1 The Captive i "What memory locks secret beauty", John Lloyd , 1960 single work poetry
— Appears in: Makar , May no. 1 1960; (p. 23)
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