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* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Caveat Emptor"Rationing ended and in 1950 consumers were born.", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 2)

The Star, Junction"It was always known as `The Morgue'-", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 3)

Mann's Bookshop"I've lost the place now in the changes:", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 4)

Reciprocal Rites"For a boy used to Meccano", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 5)

Ubi Sunt?"The timber wharf, the oil wharf, the silo-", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 6-7)

Voices in the Air"After my father died and we moved", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 8)

Cut Throat"It hung from the soft wood of the towel rail,", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 9)

Something Incomplete"After the war and Eirene returned", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 10)

Suburban Sonnet"The smell of Cold Power on your typing fingers,", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 11)

For Gwen"Bugger the milk, it was the ink we spilt which mattered.", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 12)

A Sum Over Histories (for Richard Feynman and A.D. Hope)"Drawn from the die of the great zero of being", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 13-14)

The West Wind"In the diary which I have", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 16-24)

Australopithecus Africanus"Perhaps the doctor kept a knife at hand", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 26)

To the Pious Memory of a Young Lady from Armidale, Well Known for Selflessness and Charitable Works, Who Died in Katmandu - An Ode"Now she has gone the daughter of our minor hills", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 27-28)

Amica"As the flower blooms without the bee,", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 30)

Dreams"Involuntary flight in the seconds before", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 31)

Pub Tiles, the Beach Hotel"Cuttlefish fluted rectangles of porous white", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 32)

The Bar at the Rock Garden, Covent Garden, November 1981"It's really the girl behind the bar at the Rock Garden", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 33)

In `The Bar at the Folies-Bergeres'"Her eyes have slipped", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 34)

Luxe, Calme, et Volupte"So I took out the boat and made a difficult shore:", Julian Croft , single work poetry (p. 35-36)

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'With a Pen Poised Over the Old Chaos' : Julian Croft and the Problem of an Australian Diction Nigel Spence , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Spring vol. 38 no. 3 1993; (p. 17-26)

Poetic Past : Croft and Beaver Paul Washington , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 1 1992; (p. 86-89)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems Julian Croft , 1991 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 Bruce Beaver , 1991 selected work poetry biography

Nowhere Safe from Poetry Penelope Nelson , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 36 no. 3 1992; (p. 84-85)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems Julian Croft , 1991 selected work poetry ; Rain at Gunn Point : Poems of Tony Scanlon Tony Scanlon , 1990 selected work poetry ; Beauty Is the Straw : Poems Amy Witting , 1991 selected work poetry

Insight Into the Human Condition Robert Stewart , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 7 March 1992; (p. 48)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems Julian Croft , 1991 selected work poetry

Hope Springs an Elegiac Surprise Martin Duwell , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 November 1991; (p. rev 7)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems Julian Croft , 1991 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Geoff Page , 1991 selected work poetry ; Orpheus A. D. Hope , 1991 selected work poetry

Once Greed is Let In Ron Pretty , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 132 1991; (p. 44-45)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems Julian Croft , 1991 selected work poetry

How Poetry is Packaged Philip Mead , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Society , August vol. 10 no. 8 1991; (p. 40-42)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems Julian Croft , 1991 selected work poetry ; The Faber Book of Modern Australian Verse 1991 anthology poetry ; Beauty Is the Straw : Poems Amy Witting , 1991 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Dorothy Hewett , 1991 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Les Murray , 1991 selected work poetry

Sharp, Vivid Poems Explore Ideas with Almost Visual Clarity John Foulcher , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 August 1991; (p. C8)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems Julian Croft , 1991 selected work poetry ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 Gary Catalano , 1991 selected work poetry ; The History of Colour : Poems K. F. Pearson , 1991 selected work poetry