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Source: Rosanne Dingli
y separately published work icon All the Wrong Places selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 All the Wrong Places
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

A collection of 90 poems from Maltese-Australian writer Rosanne Dingli (published as Rosanne Musu), a number of which were accorded commendations and/or awards. The published works appeared between 1978 and 1991 in such magazines, literary journals and newspapers as the Fremantle Arts Review, West Australian, Barbic Broadsheet, Rocky Hill Lines, Womanspeak, Scarp, Prints, Going Down Swinging, Mattoid, Luna, Verandah, the Small Times, Webber's Magazine, LiNQ, Outrider, Dis-locations, A Penny Dreadful, Redoubt, and the Canberra Times. Some of the poems were also read on radio.

For the 2011 edition, published under the name Rosanne Dingli, Rod Moran contributed the following blurb: 'Dingli’s sensual poetry focuses on emotion. Her sense of location and occasion explore overlaps of sensation prompted by a lifetime of changes and shifts to different places. The poems imbibe some of the more challenging aspects of life with a tongue-in-cheek defiance.'

Notes

  • At least two alternative covers have been used for the 2011 edition.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Roleystone, Armadale area, South & South East Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Literary Mouse Press , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
October Womani"She is a grevillea", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 1)
Still Music (to Yosl Bergner)i"Song - emotion's lilt", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 2)
Calli"Uncertain index wavers:", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 3)
Dream Loveri"My eyes ray horizontals of light", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 4)
Nighti"He is a long and huddled lump;", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 5)
Clarei"At the Regent in a fluoro-lit mirror", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 6)
Chant (for Sam Hunt)i"He knows the grasp of oar", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 8)
Port Phillip Bayi"Carter nursed an awkward fear of boats.", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 9)
Ground Leveli"How repelling", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 10)
Morningi"Monster arms are grabbing you", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 11)
Resortsi"Monosyllables are your only enclave.", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 12)
Rhus Vernicifera, or, Yu Lin Paints a Vasei"She ignores the last curtain call", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 13)
On the Jetty By the Murrumbidgeei"In the arbor the roses", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 14)
Convent School in Mdina 1961i"The climb used to tire me.", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 15)
Last Ridei"We met", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 16)
House at Dinglii"I have no fear as others do of cliffs.", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 17)
Backgardeni"When these cuttings take", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 18)
Mourningi"A week of temperatures", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 19)
Last Yeari"When it grew back his hair turned white.", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 20)
Flowersi"There were no chrysanthemums.", Rosanne Dingli , single work poetry (p. 21)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Perth, Western Australia,: Rosanne Dingli , 2011 .
      image of person or book cover 8479401074033094963.jpg
      Source: Rosanne Dingli
      Extent: 106p.
      Note/s:
      • Digital edition available through CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (from 1 April 2011).
      ISBN: 9781461010494, 1461010497
    • Perth, Western Australia,: Rosanne Dingli , 2011 .
      Extent: 106p.
      Edition info: 330 KB
      Note/s:
      • Kindle edition (available from 26 March 2011).

Works about this Work

Review Tracy Ryan , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Aversion : Poetry and Prose from the West and Beyond , Summer no. 2 1991; (p. 41-42)

— Review of All the Wrong Places Rosanne Dingli , 1991 selected work poetry
Review Tracy Ryan , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Aversion : Poetry and Prose from the West and Beyond , Summer no. 2 1991; (p. 41-42)

— Review of All the Wrong Places Rosanne Dingli , 1991 selected work poetry
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