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Richard James Allen, profile portrait by Kyle Powderly. Copyright (c) 2010 The Physical TV Company
Richard James Allen Richard James Allen i(A59256 works by) (a.k.a. Richard Allen)
Also writes as: Richard Allan
Born: Established: 1960 Kempsey, Kempsey area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 The Way Out at Last Cycle Richard James Allen , series - author For a description of and introduction to the series, see The Physical TV company website.
1 Disposable i "he plucked out each day", Richard James Allen , single work poetry
1 Almost Imperceptible Family i "In the estranged hours of night", Richard James Allen , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 10 2023; (p. 12)
1 9 y separately published work icon Text Messages from the Universe Richard James Allen , Bulahdelah : Flying Island Books , 2023 25655236 2023 selected work poetry

'Text Messages from the Universe was inspired by The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a Buddhist text which guides souls on their 49-day transmigration through the ‘Bardo’, or intermediate state, between dying and rebirth. It immerses readers in subjective states of consciousness they might experience when they die. It imagines what they can see and think and hear in a seamless but fragmentary flow of poetic images which turn time and space on their heads.

'Text Messages from the Universe, the book, designed by Dylan Jones, includes images taken from the film of the same title by The Physical TV Company, and a front cover painting created especially for the occasion by Australian painter Michelle Hiscock, who similarly created the cover for Richard James Allen’s earlier volume with Flying Islands: Fixing the Broken Nightingale.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 Blackout i "Don’t ask me to believe", Richard James Allen , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Guide to Sydney Crime 2022;
1 Netflix Regret i "Every time I finish watching something,", Richard James Allen , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meniscus , vol. 9 no. 2 2021; (p. 70)
1 7 y separately published work icon More Lies Richard James Allen , Brisbane : Interactive Publications , 2021 22476775 2021 single work novella humour thriller 'More Lies is a highly referential comedy thriller about a writer being held hostage in their own apartment and forced to type to hide the manoeuvres of a femme fatale, holding a pearl-handled gun, and her brother, a small-time thug with big-time ambitions. This wild tale about assassination, lost gold, betrayal, passion and identity theft engages the reader in the many layers of the author's witty but deceptive journey. Through a series of lies, backflips and alternative versions of the tale, the author moves from being a trapped hack, forced to prostitute themselves, to dazzling the world with the acrobatics of their imagination, to the heart of the matter: storytelling is all that is keeping them alive.' (Publication summary)
1 Click Here to Allow This Poem to Access Your Location i "I couldn’t lasso it", Richard James Allen , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 24 no. 2 2020;
1 A Connection to the Landscape: Richard James Allen Launches ‘Sandpaper Swimming – Going After Burke & Wills’ by George Watt Richard James Allen , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , September no. 29 2020;
— Review of Sandpaper Swimming – Going After Burke & Wills George Watt , 2019 selected work poetry
1 When I Have Fears that Time May Cease to Be i "When I am gone, the words I have drawn together,", Richard James Allen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arts Features International : Under the Radar 2019; (p. 31)
1 Even on Death's Bed i "And even for you, Emily Dickinson –", Richard James Allen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arts Features International : Under the Radar 2019; (p. 30)
1 y separately published work icon Live Encounters July Richard James Allen (editor), 2019 26117712 2019 periodical issue poetry
1 Code Calls for Angels i "This was a day", Richard James Allen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Short Story of You and I 2019; (p. 111)
1 The Captain of the Men of Death Richard James Allen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Short Story of You and I 2019; (p. 93-110)
1 Visitants i "They come to me in the night,", Richard James Allen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Short Story of You and I 2019; (p. 88-89)
1 The Semblances i "There is no one left who knew you,", Richard James Allen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Short Story of You and I 2019; (p. 86-87)
1 The Unanswered Question i "Would you have loved me as I loved you?", Richard James Allen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Short Story of You and I 2019; (p. 81)
1 Why We Sit i "at first we sit", Richard James Allen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Short Story of You and I 2019; (p. 74-80) Arts Features International : Under the Radar 2019; (p. 24-28)
1 The Singing Whirlpool in the Guest Room i "Chased out of sleep by the ghosts of old alarm clocks,", Richard James Allen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Short Story of You and I 2019; (p. 73)
1 Easy Difficulty i "we are the unhappiness machines", Richard James Allen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Short Story of You and I 2019; (p. 72)
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