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  • Author:agent Thomas Shapcott http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/shapcott-thomas-w
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Parts of Us
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'Parts of Us holds in balance a quiet maturity with a vital energy. Ranging from sonnet sequences to long lyrical meditations, dramatic monologues to more confessional works, these poems are imbued with verve, curiosity and elegant inquiry. The collection is marked by an almost self-elegiac strain, an unflinching imagining of on''s own death, and a sense too of love fading, which serves as a brave and powerful corrective to the idealisation of some love poetry written by men about women. In the light of these themes, the lively "Adelaide Lunch Sonnets" acquire additional weight and resonance.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Judith Rodriguez.
  • Book launched in Adelaide by Andrew Taylor at the 2010 Adelaide Festival.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Untitled John Sheppard , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring vol. 17 no. 4 2010; (p. 170-173)

— Review of Parts of Us Thomas Shapcott , 2010 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
A Poet Walks the Tightrope Peter Kenneally , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 May 2010; (p. 27)

— Review of Parts of Us Thomas Shapcott , 2010 selected work poetry ; Gatherers and Hunters : Stories Thomas Shapcott , 2010 selected work short story novella
Tools of the Trade Geoff Page , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , May vol. 5 no. 4 2010; (p. 20)

— Review of My Father's Tools : A Collection of Poems Tom Petsinis , 2009 selected work poetry ; History of the Day Stephen Edgar , 2009 selected work poetry ; Canyon Andrew Slattery , 2009 selected work poetry ; Parts of Us Thomas Shapcott , 2010 selected work poetry
Out of the Shadows Angela Bennie , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-4 April 2010; (p. 40)

— Review of Parts of Us Thomas Shapcott , 2010 selected work poetry
Untitled Leonie Jordan , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 89 no. 6 2010; (p. 42)

— Review of Parts of Us Thomas Shapcott , 2010 selected work poetry
Reflective Master of Form Is Seizing the Day David Musgrave , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 March 2010; (p. 25)

— Review of Parts of Us Thomas Shapcott , 2010 selected work poetry
New Modes Martin Duwell , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 320 2010; (p. 59)

— Review of Parts of Us Thomas Shapcott , 2010 selected work poetry
Out of the Shadows Angela Bennie , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-4 April 2010; (p. 40)

— Review of Parts of Us Thomas Shapcott , 2010 selected work poetry
Tools of the Trade Geoff Page , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , May vol. 5 no. 4 2010; (p. 20)

— Review of My Father's Tools : A Collection of Poems Tom Petsinis , 2009 selected work poetry ; History of the Day Stephen Edgar , 2009 selected work poetry ; Canyon Andrew Slattery , 2009 selected work poetry ; Parts of Us Thomas Shapcott , 2010 selected work poetry
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