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In Ghostly Subjects, Maria Takolander applies her unflinching gaze to topics ranging from the Madrid train bombings to sex dolls, from domestic violence to poetry readings, and from love games to cosmetics. The world portrayed in this striking collection is intensely uncanny and rendered with a distinctive precision of language and vision. (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

Dedication: To David McCooey, for giving me so much, including poetry.

* Contents derived from the Cambridge, Cambridgeshire,
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Geography Lessons"How a mountain can forsake you for the sky,", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 3)

1. Day"These starlings above the railway line", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 4)

Driving by the You Yangs, Maria Takolander , sequence poetry (p. 4-5)

2. Night, Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 5)

Euphoria"It is this sky sickness", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 6)

Tableaux"I could have imagined the crabs;", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 7-8)

Note:

Dedication: For Charlie Quarrell

With first line: I might have imagined the crabs;

Finland : Fables"In the forests there were swamps that swallowed the violence of horses, the whiteness of their eyes", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 9)

Peace Be With You (and Also With You)"We are waiting for the avalanche:", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 10)

Tides"Entire oceans don't know what to do.", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 11)

Note: Author's note: Re Spain 2004

Ghost Story"Under a night sky as immense as sleep.", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 12)

Storm"Dreams don't happen like this,", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 12-14)

Seasonal, Maria Takolander , sequence poetry (p. 15)

Summer"In the evening time slows down like a peacock,", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 15)

Spring"Things quicken with indefinable longing,", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 15)

Winter"The whiteness of snow conjures up its own shadows,", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 15)

Autumn"Gulls hang in shiff wind like glass figurines.", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 15)

Canasta for Lovers"Hold the hearts close to your heart:", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 19)

Minimalism and the Abstract"je ne sais quoi", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 20)

Epithalamium"I left like a Triffid from a suburban dead room.", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 21)

Satellites"Close your eyes and", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 22)

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In the End, It's Our Fears that Shape Us Greg Lyons , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 24 no. 2 2010; (p. 208-209)
— Review of Ghostly Subjects Maria Takolander , 2009 selected work poetry

Poetry Survey Martin Langford , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 123 2010; (p. 50-56)
— Review of Theatre Alison Croggon , 2008 selected work poetry ; La, La, La Tatjana Lukic , 2009 selected work poetry ; Vanishing Point Felicity Plunkett , 2009 selected work poetry ; Ghostly Subjects Maria Takolander , 2009 selected work poetry

Annual Poetry Review 2009-2010 Bronwyn Lea , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 21-38)
— Review of Ghostly Subjects Maria Takolander , 2009 selected work poetry ; Moments of Perfect Poise Gillian Telford , 2008 selected work poetry ; Parts of Us Thomas Shapcott , 2010 selected work poetry ; Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems Catherine Bateson , 2009 selected work poetry ; Taller When Prone Les Murray , 2010 selected work poetry ; Grass Notes Sarah Day , 2009 selected work poetry ; Storm and Honey Judith Beveridge , 2009 selected work poetry ; White Lines (Vertical) Marcelle Freiman , 2010 selected work poetry ; Folk Tunes Alan Gould , 2009 selected work poetry ; Piano Hill Ross Bolleter , 2009 selected work poetry ; Birds in Mind Andrew Lansdown , 2008 single work poetry ; Apples with Human Skin Nathan Shepherdson , 2009 selected work poetry ; The Pallbearer's Garden A. Frances Johnson , 2008 selected work poetry ; A Tight Circle Brendan Ryan , 2008 selected work poetry ; Letters Chris Mansell , 2009 selected work poetry ; Beautiful Waste : Poems by David McComb David McComb , 2009 selected work poetry

Hint of Horror but It Adds Up Michael Farrell , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 February 2010; (p. 37)
— Review of Apples with Human Skin Nathan Shepherdson , 2009 selected work poetry ; Ghostly Subjects Maria Takolander , 2009 selected work poetry

'The Gently Ravenous' Rose Lucas , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 318 2010; (p. 58)
— Review of Ghostly Subjects Maria Takolander , 2009 selected work poetry

Sophistication, Directness in Impressive First Collections Geoff Page , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 January 2010; (p. 18)
— Review of Ghostly Subjects Maria Takolander , 2009 selected work poetry ; Little Bit Long Time Ali Cobby Eckermann , 2009 selected work poetry