Condolences of the Season by Bruce Dawe
Bruce Dawe’s Condolences of the Season surveys a decade of Australian poetry, praising Dawe as a distinct personal voice who renders suburbia with humanity and humor. Alvarez and Blackman’s Apparition is reviewed as a more uneven collaboration with striking images but uneven impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Dawe
Cheshire
A. Alvarez
Charles Blackman
University of Queensland Press
Dawe
Wood-eye
Suburbia
Patrick White
Barry Humphries Dawe
Suburbiensis
Iss Mac
VFL
Alvarez
Blackman
Sylvia Plath
Plath
This Time in Twilight review by Anthony Tutt Michael Joseph
A critical appraisal of This Time in Twilight by Anthony Tutt Michael Joseph, noting a large cast and multiple first person narrators that confuse readers. The reviewer cites gratuitous language, an incest rape scene, and failed attempts at irony, concluding the novel promises drama but delivers a dull, overlong canyon voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Tutt
Michael Joseph
Kingston
Eliot
Tuttle
Maia
Zeba
Rist
Zedidiah
Anthony Tuttle
Gus
Twilight
Memoirs of Hope by Charles de Gaulle reviewed
A critical look at Charles de Gaulle’s Memoirs of Hope covering 1958 to 1963. Translated by Terence Kilmartin and others, the work portrays de Gaulle’s grand, sometimes self aggrandizing, narrative voice and strategic prowess. The review notes its incomplete status at the author’s death and its threefold purpose as historical record, political correlation, and character mirror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles de Gaulle
Terence Kilmartin
Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Harles de Gaulle
Lorraine
de Gaulle
France
Poets as Pop Stars On World Stage In 1960s Shift
The piece notes a wave of poets who became pop culture icons during the 1960s. Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Rod McKuen, and Andrei Vornesensky drew large crowds, merging performance with protest. Poetry moves from books to stages, coffeehouses, and television.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Ginsberg
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Rod McKuen
Phyllis Diller
Andrei Vornesensky
Russia
London
Alert Hall
Feiva Hall
Sun Books
Poetry and the Politics of a New Audience at Adelaide Festival
A critique of live poetry at Adelaide Festival of Arts highlighting how youthful audiences shape reception. It contrasts performer immediacy with poetic craft, noting audiences seek prophecy and entertainment, while poets route anti establishment vibes through vigorous, raw performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phe
Open Eye Open Head and the Rise of Pop Poetry
Critics attack the new wave of pop poetry for its uncritical audience and chaotic style while praising translations of Yevtushenko and other modern writers. The piece notes expressivist flaws in Ferlinghetti Ginsberg and Adrian Henri, alongside debates over translation quality and authenticity in contemporary verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Books
Ferlinghetti
Ginsberg
Adrian Henri
Mersey
Gloomy prophecies in the Year 2000 anthology review
A critical overview contrasts The Year 2000 edited by Harry Harrison with Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny and Solaris by Stanislaw Lem. The piece traces utopian and dystopian visions, noting biological threats, societal collapse, and a comparison of Western and Eastern European sci fi tones through key stories including Judas Fish and Solaris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Harrison
Faber
Roger Zelazny
Solaris
Stanislaw Lem
Thomas Scortia
Scortia
United Technology Center
United Aircraft Corporation
Professor Urhlich
Lem
Soviet Union
Poland
Europe
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Suze
Daddy
Sanather
Pat Rappolt
Sa Teast Saery
Imate
Australia
Dens. Fe
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Ferlinghet
Voznevensky
Adelaide Feseival of Arts
Albert Hall
Laos
Santa Domingo
Walt Whitman
Voznesensky
Vornesensky Hs
Yevgeny Yev~ Lishenko
W. Hi. Allen
James Dickey
Yevtushenko
Geofrey Dutton
Anthony Kahn
Stanley Kunitz
Morrow
H. G. Wells
Buck Rogers
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California
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Noble Savage
Hell Tanner
Ulysses
New Zealand
South Seas
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