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Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 Small Rebellions
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Notes

  • This book is divided into three sections: Small Rebellions (p9-48), The Sickle Moon (p49-71) and Without a Name of History (p73-88) - all sections include poems by Louise Wakeling and Margaret Bradstock.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Marrickville, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:The Wentworth Press , 1984 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Valediction: To Morven Brown, U.N.S.W.i"For me, four years ago", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Cooma Revisited (or, "Other People's Nostalgia Trips are Such a Bore.)i"It is much smaller now.", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Coastal Townsi"Fibreglass homes away from home,", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
The Cinema Strikes Backi"Perceval le Gallois rides", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
No Easy Tyrannyi"Not exactly thin gruel for breakfast and lunch,", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 19)
For Michaeli"I dreamed you", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 20)
Cathy's Songi"When I was young", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
The Small Personal Voicei"Down in my personal ghetto", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
No Answering Echoi"Often I have seen fond Narkissos stare", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 25)
1. La Figlia della Mortei"And all his body-warmth he spent", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Pope Joan : I : Joan Thinks of the Consolations of the Weaki"I have been no Roland", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Pope Joan : II : On the Road Takeni"Saints Ida and Lioba", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 30-32)
Pope Joan : III : Pope Joan Before the Cursing of the Locustsi"Tomorrow they have asked me", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 33)
Isabelle Eberhardti"Even as a girl", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
Ginniei"She looked good in the Stetson -", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
Elphin and Knockan: May, 1979i"Between Lochinver's green slopes", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
El Moghreb El Aksa (The Land of the Farthest West) : I : Mamounia's Palacei"Rootless ourselves, in fly-by-night Tangier,", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 40)
El Moghreb El Aksa (The Land of the Farthest West) : II : Le Pianoi"From native-quarter streets that smell", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 41)
El Moghreb El Aksa (The Land of the Farthest West) : III : Bejewelled with Scorpionsi"Across the vacant dance-floor", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
El Moghreb El Aksa (The Land of the Farthest West) : IV : Berber Dancei"Sounds of bouzuq tambours", Louise Wakeling , single work poetry (p. 44)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Writing the Body Orchid Tierney , 2024 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge Companion to Australian Poetry 2024; (p. 274-291)

'This chapter discusses how writing emerging out of Gay Liberation in the 1970s offered an alternative to the masculine heteronormativity that dominated the Australian literary tradition. Emphasised that the personal was political, it foregrounded private sensuality, an exploration of the everyday, and a critique of gay discrimination. The chapter traces the development of a diversifying community in the 1980s through writing collectives, anthologies, and journals. A broadening of the spectrum of LGBTQ+ poetry in the 1990s and 2000s was informed by queer understandings of sexuality. It saw lesbian writers test the limits of lyrical poetry and an era of mainstream popularity, as exemplified in Dorothy Porter’s The Monkey’s Mask. The chapter considers how LGBTQ+ poets of colour have critiqued ideas of national belonging and white subjecthood. It then discusses the exploration of embodiment, including the turn to autotheory by contemporary trans and genderqueer writers, resistance of ableist discourses, and the navigation of illness, such as AIDS, mental illness, and chronic pain.'

Source: Abstract.

Six of the Best Make for a Mixed Bag Judith Rodriguez , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 November 1984; (p. 41)

— Review of Spitting Out Sixpenny : Poetry and Prose Allan Eric Martin , 1984 selected work poetry short story ; Small Rebellions Louise Wakeling , Margaret Bradstock , 1984 selected work poetry
Recent Australian Poetry : A Baker's Dozen Geoff Page , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 28 no. 7-8 1984; (p. 90-95)

— Review of Holocaust at Mary Smokes : Poems 1975-83 Billy Jones , 1983 selected work poetry ; Steps for Astaire Nigel Roberts , 1983 selected work poetry ; Lies no. 90 Peter Murphy , 1983 periodical issue poetry ; This River Is In The South Philip Mead , 1984 selected work poetry ; The Chinese Feast : Poems Shane McCauley , 1984 selected work poetry ; Abruptly from the Flatlands Joyce Lee , 1984 selected work poetry ; Windfalls : Poems Andrew Lansdown , 1984 selected work poetry ; Left at the Post Evan Jones , 1984 selected work poetry ; Earth and Solitude Barbara Giles , 1984 selected work poetry ; The Pausing of the Hours Alan Gould , 1984 selected work poetry ; One Hundred Riddles Timoshenko Aslanides , 1984 selected work poetry ; Small Rebellions Louise Wakeling , Margaret Bradstock , 1984 selected work poetry
Recent Australian Poetry : A Baker's Dozen Geoff Page , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 28 no. 7-8 1984; (p. 90-95)

— Review of Holocaust at Mary Smokes : Poems 1975-83 Billy Jones , 1983 selected work poetry ; Steps for Astaire Nigel Roberts , 1983 selected work poetry ; Lies no. 90 Peter Murphy , 1983 periodical issue poetry ; This River Is In The South Philip Mead , 1984 selected work poetry ; The Chinese Feast : Poems Shane McCauley , 1984 selected work poetry ; Abruptly from the Flatlands Joyce Lee , 1984 selected work poetry ; Windfalls : Poems Andrew Lansdown , 1984 selected work poetry ; Left at the Post Evan Jones , 1984 selected work poetry ; Earth and Solitude Barbara Giles , 1984 selected work poetry ; The Pausing of the Hours Alan Gould , 1984 selected work poetry ; One Hundred Riddles Timoshenko Aslanides , 1984 selected work poetry ; Small Rebellions Louise Wakeling , Margaret Bradstock , 1984 selected work poetry
Six of the Best Make for a Mixed Bag Judith Rodriguez , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 November 1984; (p. 41)

— Review of Spitting Out Sixpenny : Poetry and Prose Allan Eric Martin , 1984 selected work poetry short story ; Small Rebellions Louise Wakeling , Margaret Bradstock , 1984 selected work poetry
Writing the Body Orchid Tierney , 2024 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge Companion to Australian Poetry 2024; (p. 274-291)

'This chapter discusses how writing emerging out of Gay Liberation in the 1970s offered an alternative to the masculine heteronormativity that dominated the Australian literary tradition. Emphasised that the personal was political, it foregrounded private sensuality, an exploration of the everyday, and a critique of gay discrimination. The chapter traces the development of a diversifying community in the 1980s through writing collectives, anthologies, and journals. A broadening of the spectrum of LGBTQ+ poetry in the 1990s and 2000s was informed by queer understandings of sexuality. It saw lesbian writers test the limits of lyrical poetry and an era of mainstream popularity, as exemplified in Dorothy Porter’s The Monkey’s Mask. The chapter considers how LGBTQ+ poets of colour have critiqued ideas of national belonging and white subjecthood. It then discusses the exploration of embodiment, including the turn to autotheory by contemporary trans and genderqueer writers, resistance of ableist discourses, and the navigation of illness, such as AIDS, mental illness, and chronic pain.'

Source: Abstract.

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