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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Stay on Message
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'Political speech is a type of performance poetry. That may seem unlikely to those who struggle with its clichés and platitudes, but understanding the links between political speech and oral traditions of poetry allows us to appreciate its strengths alongside its weaknesses, the creativity alongside the banality. Applying ethical standards appropriate to oral performance, rather than the literary default mode of critics like George Orwell and Don Watson, gives us a stronger moral critique of all those anti-intellectual dishonesties cloaked in boredom we know so well. Making the case, Stay on Message explores the poetics of political speeches in Australia, the USA, and elsewhere—with examples of both the good and the delightfully appalling.' (From the publisher's website.)

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Non-Fiction Fiona Capp , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 13 October 2012; (p. 30) The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 October 2012; (p. 33) The Canberra Times , 13 October 2012; (p. 22)

— Review of Stay on Message Tom Clark , 2012 single work criticism
Poetry 'Is it Possible for Language to Be Truthful?' Alison Croggon , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , September 2012;

— Review of Stay on Message Tom Clark , 2012 single work criticism
Non-Fiction Fiona Capp , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 13 October 2012; (p. 30) The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 October 2012; (p. 33) The Canberra Times , 13 October 2012; (p. 22)

— Review of Stay on Message Tom Clark , 2012 single work criticism
Poetry 'Is it Possible for Language to Be Truthful?' Alison Croggon , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , September 2012;

— Review of Stay on Message Tom Clark , 2012 single work criticism
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