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This volume introduces the work of four relatively new and quite
diverse Tasmanian poets. Since its publication, Kathy Allen has
read to great acclaim at the Tasmanian Poetry Festival, Mande Bijelic
has achieved a cult following as a performer of her quirky ultra-short
pieces, both solo and as a member (with May Carrol, Eric Beach,
Michael Fortescue and Greg Kingston) of Three Well-dressed Poets
and Two Serious Musicians, Julie Hunt has had further volumes
published and critically well recieved, and Alison Symes won the
1993 Shugg Award.
"Kathy Allen's neat sense of juxtaposing icons of Australian
life... Julie Hunt's India poems use arresting imagery...Alison
Symes makes an effectively deadpan use of an institutionalized,
disabled persona with, at times, deadly force..."
- David Gilbey, fourW
"Mande Bijelic's poetry does for dadaist minimalism what René
Magritte did for the bowler hat."
- Giles Hugo, The Mercury
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