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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Empty Texas
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

This work contains a collection of innovative, intelligent, witty and superbly crafted poems by Peter Minter.

Notes

  • Dedication: This book is dedicated to the memory of Freya Girvan Sheriff 19.8.98 - 7.9.98
  • Epigraph: I begin where I can, and end when I see the whole thing returning. Robert Creeley

Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Paper Bark Press , 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Prologue v7.0.2i"There is a dry end to flowering", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 10)
As One Returned From the Gravei"I lie against my body;", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Living Systemsi"Under the dim grey sky of an early evening", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Febriculai"On the other hand,", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
One for the Liveyi"You enter the suburbs,", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 18-20)
Swallowi"For fifteen nights you bring me", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Civilisationi""On which summer day", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
On Smoking by the Harbour, Thinking of Friends Recently Published in The Australian's Review of Booksi"I consider this", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
Face Without Issuei"Say you will die first,", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Describing Phenomenai"Green lights", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
New Year'si"After sharing the last joint", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Linguigei"Content is a slippery glimpse, or so the light", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 34)
Odaliski"The lovely stuff, you know, is livelier", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 35)
Lusti"'Her remark how I fly", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 36)
Mythosi"Helen, Should This Heart Be Unmoved, the way some believe", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 37)
Scenici"The winter it came here, he looked up. Leaves pixillate", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 38)
Melody 1972 Melodyi"My wife my car my color and myself", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 39)
Liveri"Reminded her so much", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 40)
Beigei"Lately what have you, my arrogance, been writing", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 41)
Blottoi"It will always invade you, par for", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 42)
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Works about this Work

Damaged Edens Rodney Pybus , single work review
— Review of Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky Robert Adamson , 1999 selected work poetry ; Wicked Heat Kevin Hart , 1999 selected work poetry ; Empty Texas Peter Minter , 1999 selected work poetry ; Conscious and Verbal Les Murray , 1999 selected work poetry
A Sunday Morning Chat with Peter Minter Debbie Comerford (interviewer), 2001 single work interview
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies in the 21st Century 2001; (p. [30]-45)
Multiple positions for all Debbie Comerford , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 162 2001; (p. 108-109)
— Review of Empty Texas Peter Minter , 1999 selected work poetry
The Computer & the Poet Bev Braune , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 161-162)
— Review of Different Hands : Seven Stories John Tranter , 1998 selected work prose ; Empty Texas Peter Minter , 1999 selected work poetry
I Go on Working as If There Must be Questions Because of All This Answer Greg McLaren , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 60 no. 1 2000; (p. 192-203)
— Review of Editing the Moon Caroline Caddy , 1999 selected work poetry ; Empty Texas Peter Minter , 1999 selected work poetry
Empty Texas Louis Armand , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 58 no. 4 1999; (p. 188-190)
— Review of Empty Texas Peter Minter , 1999 selected work poetry
Seductive Writing Philip Mead , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 217 (p. 36-37)
— Review of Empty Texas Peter Minter , 1999 selected work poetry
Untitled Steven Matthews , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 19 November no. 5042 1999; (p. 33)
— Review of Empty Texas Peter Minter , 1999 selected work poetry
Tales from an Uncertain Time Pamela Brown , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 January 2000; (p. 10)
— Review of Invisible Riders Peter Steele , 1999 selected work poetry ; Wicked Heat Kevin Hart , 1999 selected work poetry ; Untold Tales David Malouf , 1999 selected work short story ; Empty Texas Peter Minter , 1999 selected work poetry ; Mines Jennifer Maiden , 1999 selected work poetry
Poetic Devices Gig Ryan , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 April 2000; (p. 7)
— Review of Empty Texas Peter Minter , 1999 selected work poetry ; Conscious and Verbal Les Murray , 1999 selected work poetry ; Mines Jennifer Maiden , 1999 selected work poetry
A Sunday Morning Chat with Peter Minter Debbie Comerford (interviewer), 2001 single work interview
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies in the 21st Century 2001; (p. [30]-45)
Words to Conjure With : Poetry Gig Ryan , 2000 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 5 August 2000; (p. 7)
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