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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Against Certain Capture
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Poetic stories based on the lives of Lo's grandmothers, Chinese-Malaysian Liang Yue Xian and Anglo-Australian Eva Sounness.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Runi"Sometimes life", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 5)
Lin Dai Yu (Self Portrait)i"Holding an egg in the palm of her hand", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Like the Autumn Clouds, They Are Gonei"only the water now, slapping against", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 8)
The Price of A Marriagei"'A softness of the head!'", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 9)
Do You Love Me?i"She shuddered the first time she read", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 10)
No Pretty Wordsi"There are no pretty words", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 11)
Trucei"It was as if someone said stop. Just like that. Stop.", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Office Photoi"Could happiness consist in sitting still?", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 14)
The Letteri"How it sits in his hands", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 15)
Dreaming of Lovei"In the morning, it lights up the ceiling and whispers her name", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Leaving the Goldfieldsi"Eva sits on the train. She is watching the crowd", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 18)
1929i"1s 11d for a yard of rayon -", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 19)
Saturday Night Dancesi"There is a type of man at the Saturday dances", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 20)
Keeping Her Mouth Shuti"It is an act", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 21)
The War Comes Homei"When the war begins", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Encorei"Look again,", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 24)
Stophearti"wrench fuse stop spark", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 25)
Between a Mother and Her Mongol Child, sequence poetry (p. 25-26)
Rewindi"Eva opens her arms. She takes the flat face,", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 26)
Self Portrait loi"She begins with faces:", Miriam Wei Wei Lo , single work poetry (p. 27)
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Works about this Work

Dense, Lyrical and Poetic : Helen Hagemann Reviews Against Certain Capture by Miriam Wei Wei Lo Helen Hagemann , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , vol. 32 no. 2 2021;
— Review of Against Certain Capture Miriam Wei Wei Lo , 2004 selected work poetry 'I once had the privilege of hearing Miriam Wei Wei Lo read her poetry at the State Library of Western Australia and also on the ABC’s Poetica. That seemed so long ago. In fact it was 2004 when her first edition of Against Certain Capture was published by Five Islands Press, in the New Poets 10. The good news is that her book has resurfaced, it’s an identical second edition published by an imprint called the Apothecary Archive. In the meantime, it seems, Lo has been raising children, holds a Phd from the University of Queensland, has published a chapbook No Pretty Words with Picaro Press (2010) and currently teaches creative writing at the Sheridan Institute, Perth. I managed to get a copy from the author in an exchange for my debut novel, however, I drew the shorter straw and read through Lo’s poetry in no time, with much interest.' (Introduction)
Reconfiguring a Necessary Entrapment : A Tale of Two Grandmothers Miriam Wei Wei Lo , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Beyond Good And Evil? Essays on the Literature and Culture of the Asia-Pacific Region 2005; (p. 199-209) Miriam Lo writes of the process of writing the biographies (in poetry) of her two grandmothers.
Dense, Lyrical and Poetic : Helen Hagemann Reviews Against Certain Capture by Miriam Wei Wei Lo Helen Hagemann , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , vol. 32 no. 2 2021;
— Review of Against Certain Capture Miriam Wei Wei Lo , 2004 selected work poetry 'I once had the privilege of hearing Miriam Wei Wei Lo read her poetry at the State Library of Western Australia and also on the ABC’s Poetica. That seemed so long ago. In fact it was 2004 when her first edition of Against Certain Capture was published by Five Islands Press, in the New Poets 10. The good news is that her book has resurfaced, it’s an identical second edition published by an imprint called the Apothecary Archive. In the meantime, it seems, Lo has been raising children, holds a Phd from the University of Queensland, has published a chapbook No Pretty Words with Picaro Press (2010) and currently teaches creative writing at the Sheridan Institute, Perth. I managed to get a copy from the author in an exchange for my debut novel, however, I drew the shorter straw and read through Lo’s poetry in no time, with much interest.' (Introduction)
Reconfiguring a Necessary Entrapment : A Tale of Two Grandmothers Miriam Wei Wei Lo , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Beyond Good And Evil? Essays on the Literature and Culture of the Asia-Pacific Region 2005; (p. 199-209) Miriam Lo writes of the process of writing the biographies (in poetry) of her two grandmothers.
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