Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Vostok and This Could Have Happened to You
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Affiliation Notes

  • Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work shows 'Asian' influences in the poems' expression of life in Australia .

Contents

* Contents derived from the Broadway, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Wild Peony , 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Lift, Pan Zijie , single work short story (p. 3-9)
Vostoki"Someone said I should go to the Sze Yup temple", Pan Zijie , single work poetry
This collection deals with wandering--- shifts from East to West, and the borderlands in between. Chance encounters happen, identities become uncertain, elusive relationships form and then drift apart. These poems have a distinctly Australian feel, as they retrieve with precision the memories of growing up and exploring the Australian outback, then relocation to urban environments as an adult. Yet, from time to time, the stirrings of connections with a Chinese past suddenly manifest themselves as solid fragments of the poetic imagination of the writer.
(p. 10-14)
My Elbows on the Windowsill, Pan Zijie , single work short story (p. 18-20)
Crossing a Gully, Unlikely to Stop unless you Read the Sign: Removal of Stones Prohibitedi"She leapt across the hallway", Pan Zijie , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
She Came and if the House Wasn't Turned Upside Downi"she turned it around -", Pan Zijie , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
On their Second Nighti"A smiling moon in the window", Pan Zijie , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
Along the Main Stretch of Road Somewhere Between Two Fruit Shopsi"We go to a cafe", Pan Zijie , single work poetry (p. 27-29)
She Left Me This Thing to Do, Which Wasi"draw a house, a mountain", Pan Zijie , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
The Women Down from the Mountainsi"we lived in a zoo", Pan Zijie , single work poetry (p. 32-36)
In Memory of Joey, Pan Zijie , single work short story (p. 37-52)
For Wasting her Weekendi"Some years ago, the sort of thing you could only contrive", Pan Zijie , single work poetry (p. 53-63)
Coreopsisi"The day John F Kennedy was assassinated", John Fitzgerald Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 64-67)
We Pass the Last Petrol Stationi"something thin, eerie comes on the radio", Pan Zijie , single work poetry (p. 68-69)
In the Middle of the Nighti"I wake up and hear the sound of gentle rain", Pan Zijie , single work poetry (p. 70-71)
Refuge, Pan Zijie , single work short story (p. 72)
Six O'Clock in the Morningi"He gets out of bed", Pan Zijie , single work poetry (p. 75-76)
Travelling, Pan Zijie , single work prose (p. 77)
Shifting Identity, Pan Zijie , single work prose (p. 78)
Tourism, Pan Zijie , single work short story (p. 79)
At Dusk, Pan Zijie , single work short story fantasy (p. 80-83)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

[Review] Two Hearts, Two Tongues and Rain-Coloured Eyes J. S. Harry , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 63 no. 2 2003; (p. 208-215)

— Review of Two Hearts, Two Tongues and Rain-Coloured Eyes Yu Ouyang , 2002 selected work poetry ; Vostok and This Could Have Happened to You Pan Zijie , 2002 selected work poetry
Chinese Writers Brought to the Fore Peter Pierce , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 June 2003; (p. 4a)

— Review of Lost in the Foreground Stephen Edgar , 2003 selected work poetry ; Boundary Rider Barbara Olds , 2003 selected work poetry ; Vostok and This Could Have Happened to You Pan Zijie , 2002 selected work poetry ; Two Hearts, Two Tongues and Rain-Coloured Eyes Yu Ouyang , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Bundanon Cantos Anna Nicholson , 2003 selected work poetry
Chinese Writers Brought to the Fore Peter Pierce , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 June 2003; (p. 4a)

— Review of Lost in the Foreground Stephen Edgar , 2003 selected work poetry ; Boundary Rider Barbara Olds , 2003 selected work poetry ; Vostok and This Could Have Happened to You Pan Zijie , 2002 selected work poetry ; Two Hearts, Two Tongues and Rain-Coloured Eyes Yu Ouyang , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Bundanon Cantos Anna Nicholson , 2003 selected work poetry
[Review] Two Hearts, Two Tongues and Rain-Coloured Eyes J. S. Harry , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 63 no. 2 2003; (p. 208-215)

— Review of Two Hearts, Two Tongues and Rain-Coloured Eyes Yu Ouyang , 2002 selected work poetry ; Vostok and This Could Have Happened to You Pan Zijie , 2002 selected work poetry
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