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Notes

  • Dedication: For Larisa and Romany, for Neila and Alice and in memory of Anni S., that we are part of others' stories. as they part of ours.
  • Book is divided into two sections: Birds of Innocence (pp. 7-77) and Curlew Country (pp. 83-159).
  • 'In this collection, Jena Woodhouse explores the taunting allure of dreams of flight. In a diverse range of stories arranged in two parts, she delicately traverses the aspirations which everyone harbours, which can either transport or engulf. The twin worlds of water and sky therefore are hauntingly invoked as being symbolic of these polar opposites. Evocative literary references pepper a text which is also distinguished by the poet’s sensibility, by an arresting insight into character, and by inventive shifts in narrative perspective. This is a richly nuanced collection from an accomplished writer of immense style and grace.' Robyn Sheahan-Bright

Contents

* Contents derived from the Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide - Enfield area, Adelaide - Northwest, Adelaide, South Australia,:Ginninderra Press , 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Aunt Matilda's Party Dress, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 9-14)
Note: With title: Little Black Dress
The Agency of Water Quatrefoil The Agency of Water Quatrefoil, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story

In 'Cara', the narrator is at a concert hall for Vaughan Williams' 'A Sea Symphony'. They notice a boy with a service dog and a girl with heavy glasses, and realises they're blind. As the music plays and they watch the two blind people listen intently, the narrator wonders what it is that sighted people miss.

 (p. 15-24)
Note: With title: The Agency of Water Quatrefoil.
An Uninvited Guest, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 25-32)
Against the Current, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 33-40)
The Gamblers, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 41-50)
Stopover in Budapest, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 51-54)
The Wall, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 55-60)
Note: With title: The Zeigarnik Effect
No Such Address, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 61-66)
Horns of a Dilemma, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story humour (p. 67-72)
The Girl and the Tiger, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 73-76) Section: w
Note: With title: The Tale of the Girl and the Tiger
Reading Rilke, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 77-82)
Voices in the Wind, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story
Cloistered on an island for a writers' retreat when cyclonic conditions arise, one woman is powerfully affected by the forces of nature, and by the unsettling presences she senses around her.
 (p. 85-90)
Love Me Tender, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 91-96)
Fool's Gold, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 97-102)
None but the Lonely Heart, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 103-112)
Poor Blighter, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 113-118)
The Agency of Love Quatrefoil, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 119-130)
Vergissmeinnicht, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 131-146)
Billy Hunter, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 147-152)
The Curlew's Cry, Jena Woodhouse , single work short story (p. 153-158)
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Emma Lee Reviews Jena Woodhouse’s ‘Dreams of Flight’ Emma Lee , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Blue Nib [Online] , December 2020;
— Review of Dreams of Flight Jena Woodhouse , 2014 selected work short story
Jena Woodhouse , Dreams of Flight Belinda Burns , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Queensland Review , vol. 23 no. 2 2016; (p. 278-280) '‘Flight’ as a narrative of escape pervades Australian literature. In his article ‘Decomposing suburbia: Patrick White’s perversity’ (1998: 56), Andrew McCann argues that its prevalence establishes the trajectory as a prerequisite to self-actualisation, whereby a protagonist can only be fully developed (in the narratalogical and psychological sense) via acts of corporeal relocation. Moreover, the ubiquity of flight implies states of restlessness and discontentment, of unresolved yearning, as recurrent characteristics of Australian fiction.' (Introduction)
Coming up for Air Alison Cotes , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women’s Book Review , vol. 26 no. 1/2 2014;
— Review of Dreams of Flight Jena Woodhouse , 2014 selected work short story 'DREAMS of flight. A flight towards or a flight from? Dreams of hope or of despair? This rich but immediately accessible collection of short stories leaves it up to the reader to decide the answers. But the metaphor of flight is more intricate than the simple idea of birds allows, although there are many of them in these stories with different fates. Another underlying image is that of water in all its aspects. From sea, to lake, to stream, water can trap us or give us freedom, especially when it’s combined with air, such as the experiences of the young photographer in the story “Stalking the Light,” “She is here, now, in the impressions of the moment, with the solitary canoeist whose craft draws a long chevron on the rose-tinted surface of the water below; with the cohort of ibis silhouetted against the forget-me-not blue unveiled by dispersing cloud above; with the kingfishers and herons and magpies who frequent the early-morning river bank: here, now in the strengthening light.”' (Author's introduction)
Review : Dreams of Flight Paul Sherman , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Scope , October vol. 60 no. 9 2014;
— Review of Dreams of Flight Jena Woodhouse , 2014 selected work short story
Review : Dreams of Flight Paul Sherman , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Scope , October vol. 60 no. 9 2014;
— Review of Dreams of Flight Jena Woodhouse , 2014 selected work short story
Coming up for Air Alison Cotes , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women’s Book Review , vol. 26 no. 1/2 2014;
— Review of Dreams of Flight Jena Woodhouse , 2014 selected work short story 'DREAMS of flight. A flight towards or a flight from? Dreams of hope or of despair? This rich but immediately accessible collection of short stories leaves it up to the reader to decide the answers. But the metaphor of flight is more intricate than the simple idea of birds allows, although there are many of them in these stories with different fates. Another underlying image is that of water in all its aspects. From sea, to lake, to stream, water can trap us or give us freedom, especially when it’s combined with air, such as the experiences of the young photographer in the story “Stalking the Light,” “She is here, now, in the impressions of the moment, with the solitary canoeist whose craft draws a long chevron on the rose-tinted surface of the water below; with the cohort of ibis silhouetted against the forget-me-not blue unveiled by dispersing cloud above; with the kingfishers and herons and magpies who frequent the early-morning river bank: here, now in the strengthening light.”' (Author's introduction)
Emma Lee Reviews Jena Woodhouse’s ‘Dreams of Flight’ Emma Lee , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Blue Nib [Online] , December 2020;
— Review of Dreams of Flight Jena Woodhouse , 2014 selected work short story
Jena Woodhouse , Dreams of Flight Belinda Burns , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Queensland Review , vol. 23 no. 2 2016; (p. 278-280) '‘Flight’ as a narrative of escape pervades Australian literature. In his article ‘Decomposing suburbia: Patrick White’s perversity’ (1998: 56), Andrew McCann argues that its prevalence establishes the trajectory as a prerequisite to self-actualisation, whereby a protagonist can only be fully developed (in the narratalogical and psychological sense) via acts of corporeal relocation. Moreover, the ubiquity of flight implies states of restlessness and discontentment, of unresolved yearning, as recurrent characteristics of Australian fiction.' (Introduction)
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