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  • Author:agent David Malouf http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/malouf-david
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Revolving Days : Selected Poems
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'This is a collection spanning David Malouf's career. It includes previously published poems, as well as new poems organised by their geographical setting, according to the places in which David has lived over the last 30 years.' (Provided by publisher).

Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Sheer Edgei"Here at the sheer edge", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. ix)
The Year of the Foxesi"When I was ten, my mother, having sold", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
Like Our First Paintboxi"Like our first paintbox: colour", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 5)
Episode from an Early Wari"Sometimes, looking back, I find myself, a bookish nine", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Urban Pastorali"Date-palm and traveller's palm, we were all exotics", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 8)
The Blue Aproni"The world as fact and first light to my eyes:", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 9)
Pentecostali"Lit scales in the grass, in a dented pail soft guts", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 10)
Open Doori"A palaver out of doors, the excited scraping", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 11)
Mulberry Tree Dreamingi"Parachute silk comes spooling out of the mouths", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 12)
Vocationi"A minor form of praying: big hands plump", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 13)
In the Tellingi"Spiked stars: hot nailheads hammered through the roof", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 14)
"Nostalgie"i"On my heels among canna-stems, in the little India", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 15)
From Inspirationsi"I'm grateful now for all", David Malouf , extract poetry (p. 16-17)
This Landscapei"This landscape", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 18)
In the Sea's Givingi"A world so close that was not", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Asphodeli"Under this real estate -- squared street on street", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Early Discoveriesi"I find him in the garden. Staked tomato-plants are what", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 23-25)
Dark Destroyeri"Coils of wind and water in their wake", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 26)
An Ordinary Evening at Hamiltoni"The garden shifts indoors, the house lets fall", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 27)
Unholding Herei"Unread, the book you asked for", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 28)

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Works about this Work

Sentimental Educations : The Poetry of David Malouf Martin Duwell , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: Feeding the Ghost : 1 : Criticism on Contemporary Australian Poetry 2018; (p. 85-111)

'David Malouf's poetry, marvellous as it is, is only one, comparatively small, part of a literary output noted for the variety of his modes. It is difficult to name many other writers working in poetry, the novel, the short story, the memoir, the review, the play, the critical essay and even libretti. It's tempting to say that, as in Malouf's imaginative universe, the boundaries between these modes are more porous than usual. In fact it is not a matter of Malouf mastering and excelling in different modes, but rather one of his transforming the latent possibilities of existing modes in order to make them play a part in the unfolding and expansions of this universe.' (Introduction)

Beautiful Dislocations Anthony Lynch , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 24 no. 1 2010; (p. 116-117)

— Review of Revolving Days : Selected Poems David Malouf , 2008 selected work poetry
[Review] Revolving Days Ian MacNeill , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Autumn/Winter vol. 16 no. 2/3 2009; (p. 141-144)

— Review of Revolving Days : Selected Poems David Malouf , 2008 selected work poetry
[Review] Typewriter Music [and] Revolving Days Patrick Buckridge , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , vol. 15 no. 2 2008; (p. 125-127)

— Review of Typewriter Music David Malouf , 2007 selected work poetry ; Revolving Days : Selected Poems David Malouf , 2008 selected work poetry
[Review] Revolving Days Melissa Bellanta , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , June vol. 32 no. 2 2008; (p. 279-280)

— Review of Revolving Days : Selected Poems David Malouf , 2008 selected work poetry
Rolling Along in Tantalising Text Peter Pierce , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 February 2008; (p. 15)

— Review of Revolving Days : Selected Poems David Malouf , 2008 selected work poetry
Romantic Malouf Goes Down the Iambic Road, Scattering Influences Justin Clemens , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 March 2008; (p. 12-13)

— Review of Revolving Days : Selected Poems David Malouf , 2008 selected work poetry
Masterwork of Life and Land Sarah Holland-Batt , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 March 2008; (p. 32)

— Review of Revolving Days : Selected Poems David Malouf , 2008 selected work poetry
Miniature Marvels David McCooey , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 300 2008; (p. 55-56)

— Review of Revolving Days : Selected Poems David Malouf , 2008 selected work poetry
Making the Leap : Australian Poetry 2007-2008 Meriel Griffiths , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 53 no. 2008; (p. 130-145)

— Review of Mr Wittgenstein's Lion Kevin Brophy , 2007 selected work poetry ; Seriatim Geoff Page , 2007 selected work poetry ; Transit Mike Ladd , 2007 selected work poetry ; I Could Be Rain Jennifer Kornberger , 2007 selected work poetry ; Shades of the Sublime and Beautiful John Kinsella , 2008 selected work poetry ; Over There : Poems from Singapore and Australia 2008 anthology poetry ; Navigation Judy Johnson , 2007 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Les Murray , 1986 selected work poetry ; Elsewhere John Mateer , 2007 selected work poetry ; Revolving Days : Selected Poems David Malouf , 2008 selected work poetry ; Two Kinds of Silence Kathryn Lomer , 2007 selected work poetry ; The Best Australian Poems 2007 2007 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Poetry 2007 2007 anthology poetry ; Scar Revision Tracy Ryan , 2008 selected work poetry
Sentimental Educations : The Poetry of David Malouf Martin Duwell , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: Feeding the Ghost : 1 : Criticism on Contemporary Australian Poetry 2018; (p. 85-111)

'David Malouf's poetry, marvellous as it is, is only one, comparatively small, part of a literary output noted for the variety of his modes. It is difficult to name many other writers working in poetry, the novel, the short story, the memoir, the review, the play, the critical essay and even libretti. It's tempting to say that, as in Malouf's imaginative universe, the boundaries between these modes are more porous than usual. In fact it is not a matter of Malouf mastering and excelling in different modes, but rather one of his transforming the latent possibilities of existing modes in order to make them play a part in the unfolding and expansions of this universe.' (Introduction)

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