Texas Fontanella – Erasure 6
Texas Fontanella lives in the broader Sydney area and erases texts to make new poems from them. Along with Brandstifter he published Black Shores (Text collage on photography) with Redfox Press in 2018
Issue 33
Magdalena Ball: Six Poems
Magdalena Ball is a novelist, poet, reviewer, interviewer, and is Managing Editor of Compulsive Reader. She is the author of several novels and poetry books, the most recent of which, The Density of Compact Bone, was published in late 2021 by Ginninderra Press.
Level, unsentimental, and persistent: Nicole Rain Sellers reviews ‘Glide’ by Louise Crisp
In this multi-layered collection, poet and activist Louise Crisp details threatened species in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, and in doing so addresses the global environmental crisis. With uncanny clarity, tree gliders, brolgas, and other local creatures draw us into a network of ecological losses.
Entering a liminal space: Denise O’Hagan launches ‘The Density of Compact Bone’ by Magdalena Ball
The Density of Compact Bone is a visionary book by a poet who is also an accomplished novelist, reviewer and interviewer. Structured in four parts, it is a layered and deeply poignant collection, permeated by the twin themes of ecological precariousness and human connectedness.
Texas Fontanella – Erasure 5
Texas Fontanella lives in the broader Sydney area and erases texts to make new poems from them. Along with Brandstifter he published Black Shores (Text collage on photography) with Redfox Press in 2018
A trove of ancestral magic: Leila Lois reviews ‘In the Room with the She Wolf’ by Jelena Dinic
The pathetic fallacy of mined earth sets a precedent for a collection that explores turbidity, extraction and devastation, in multiple forms. At the level of language, the most resonant for a poetry collection, Dinić explores the multiple excavations needed to recapture stolen histories of her past.
What we found in the stillness: Dr Belinda Calderone reviews ‘Lockdown Poetry: The Covid Long Haul’ edited by Rose Lucas
We are Back!
Elinor Nauen: Two Poems
Elinor Nauen was born & raised in South Dakota and currently lives in New York City. Her books include CARS & Other Poems, American Guys, So Late into the Night, Now That I Know Where I’m Going, My Marriage A to Z, and, as editor, Ladies, Start Your Engines: Women writers on cars & the road and Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend: Women writers on baseball. She has been published in many magazines & anthologies.
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