Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 Learning How to Fly in Metal Cages : A Book of Poems
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Elizabeth Perkins comments that the poems are 'a record of one woman's responses to some thirty-five years that included the death of her father, three marriages, the birth of a daughter and critical brain surgery in Germany.' Elizabeth Perkins, 'Original in the Old Way', Quadrant (January-February 1979): 117-118.

Notes

  • Mathieson co-directed a programme of her poems and dramatic works entitled Learning to Fly in Metal Cages at Brown's Mart Theatre, Darwin under the auspices of the Darwin Theatre Company in September 1979. There were eight performances.

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Original in the Old Way Elizabeth Perkins , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 23 no. 1-2 1979; (p. 117-118)

— Review of Pieces for a Glass Piano Gerard Lee , 1978 selected work short story ; Big Boys Phillip Edmonds , 1978 selected work short story poetry ; Learning How to Fly in Metal Cages : A Book of Poems Ailsa Mathiesen , 1978 selected work poetry
Original in the Old Way Elizabeth Perkins , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 23 no. 1-2 1979; (p. 117-118)

— Review of Pieces for a Glass Piano Gerard Lee , 1978 selected work short story ; Big Boys Phillip Edmonds , 1978 selected work short story poetry ; Learning How to Fly in Metal Cages : A Book of Poems Ailsa Mathiesen , 1978 selected work poetry
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