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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 After the War: Poems
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* Contents derived from the Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Melbourne University Press , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Olive Treesi"There are stands", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
The Old Cityi"The old city is marked", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 5)
Jewsi"I have never seen", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 7)
The Templei"A low-slung moon", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 8)
Eggsi"There are trays and trays of eggs", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 9-12)
A Walki"I am carrying a friend's baby", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 13)
A Funny Thingi"There is a very funny thing", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 14)
Mea Shearim : The Buildingsi"The buildings", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Mea Shearim : The Meni"The men are lustrous here", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Mea Shearim : The Womeni"The women", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 21)
At the Wailing Walli"At the Wailing Wall", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 23)
Jerusalem Pinesi"The Jerusalem Pines", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 25)
Morning in the Old Cityi"Sediments of prayer", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 26)
Curvedi"Curved in a lunar arc", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 27)
Poem for Davidi"Filaments of fallen stars", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 28)
A Breath of a Mooni"A breath of a moon", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
In Independence Parki"In Independence Park", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 31-33)
The Brothersi"Before the two", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 37-39)
My Father Was Gratefuli"My father was grateful", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 40-41)
Every Sunday Eveningi"Every Sunday evening", Lily Brett , single work poetry (p. 43-47)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

'Grey Angels' : Ancestral Voices in Displaced Descendants' Memoirs Gay Breyley , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Regenerative Spirit : Volume 2 : (Un)settling, (Dis)locations, (Post-)colonial, (Re)presentations - Australian Post-Colonial Reflections 2004; (p. 251-263)
In the work of Lily Brett, and Evelyn Crawford, Breyley sees writers from two different diasporas (Jewish and Baarkanji), and writing in two different forms, but each imagining the songs and languages of her ancestors, both known and unknown, and their resonance in the author's own worlds.
Imagined Ancestral Communities of Displaced Australian Daughters: Evelyn Crawford's Over My Tracks and Lily Brett's After the War and Unintended Consequences Gay Breyley , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Prose Studies , December vol. 26 no. 1-2 2003; (p. 17-42) Women's Life Writing and Imagined Communities 2005; (p. 17-42)
Thing Could Be Forgotten: Women's Remembrances in Lily Brett's Poetry and Fiction Roberta Buffi , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 41 no. 4 1996; (p. 56-63)
After Such Knowledge John Hanrahan , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 119 1990; (p. 87-89)

— Review of After the War: Poems Lily Brett , 1990 selected work poetry
Home to the Familiar Manfred Jurgensen , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 119 1990; (p. 9-10)

— Review of Things Could Be Worse Lily Brett , 1999 selected work short story ; After the War: Poems Lily Brett , 1990 selected work poetry
The Pattern of Experience Carol Treloar , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 March 1990; (p. 17)

— Review of From the Midnight Courtyard Elizabeth Riddell , 1989 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Robert Gray , 1990 selected work poetry ; Fingerprints on Light Jan Owen , 1990 selected work poetry ; Animal Warmth Philip Hodgins , 1990 selected work poetry ; After the War: Poems Lily Brett , 1990 selected work poetry ; Singing the Snake : Poems from the Western Desert 1979-1988 Billy Marshall-Stoneking , 1990 selected work poetry ; A Human Pattern : Selected Poems Judith Wright , 1990 selected work poetry
Overwhelming Memories of Friendly Street Heather Cam , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 March 1990; (p. 78)

— Review of Animal Warmth Philip Hodgins , 1990 selected work poetry ; Singing the Snake : Poems from the Western Desert 1979-1988 Billy Marshall-Stoneking , 1990 selected work poetry ; After the War: Poems Lily Brett , 1990 selected work poetry ; Fingerprints on Light Jan Owen , 1990 selected work poetry ; Perverse Serenity Robyn Rowland , 1990 selected work poetry ; Australian Things Timoshenko Aslanides , 1990 selected work poetry ; Seventy Seven John Bray , 1990 selected work poetry ; Edison Doesn't Invent the Car Steve Evans , 1990 selected work poetry ; The Inner Courtyard : A South Australian Anthology of Love Poetry 1990 anthology poetry ; Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Fourteen 1990 anthology poetry
Australian Books in Review 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , April vol. 69 no. 1003 1990; (p. 28)

— Review of After the War: Poems Lily Brett , 1990 selected work poetry
Drawing Light Out of the Darkness Stephanie Green , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 April 1990; (p. B4)

— Review of Things Could Be Worse Lily Brett , 1999 selected work short story ; After the War: Poems Lily Brett , 1990 selected work poetry
The Poetry is Prosaic, But the Prose Rings Poetical Imre Salusinszky , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 5-6 May 1990; (p. 6)

— Review of Things Could Be Worse Lily Brett , 1999 selected work short story ; After the War: Poems Lily Brett , 1990 selected work poetry
'Grey Angels' : Ancestral Voices in Displaced Descendants' Memoirs Gay Breyley , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Regenerative Spirit : Volume 2 : (Un)settling, (Dis)locations, (Post-)colonial, (Re)presentations - Australian Post-Colonial Reflections 2004; (p. 251-263)
In the work of Lily Brett, and Evelyn Crawford, Breyley sees writers from two different diasporas (Jewish and Baarkanji), and writing in two different forms, but each imagining the songs and languages of her ancestors, both known and unknown, and their resonance in the author's own worlds.
Imagined Ancestral Communities of Displaced Australian Daughters: Evelyn Crawford's Over My Tracks and Lily Brett's After the War and Unintended Consequences Gay Breyley , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Prose Studies , December vol. 26 no. 1-2 2003; (p. 17-42) Women's Life Writing and Imagined Communities 2005; (p. 17-42)
Thing Could Be Forgotten: Women's Remembrances in Lily Brett's Poetry and Fiction Roberta Buffi , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 41 no. 4 1996; (p. 56-63)
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