Beatriz Copello: 3 Poems from ‘The Book of Jeremiah’
Dr Beatriz Copello is a well-known reviewer, writer and poet, she is also known for her sense of humour.
Beatriz Copello
Breaking rules: Beatriz Copello reviews ‘Breaking Plates’ directed by Karen Pearlman
Breaking Plates is a dramatic silent film embellished by stunning dances which takes the observer to the past through old films of revolutionary women, films made between 1896 and 1926. These women from the old films converse with filmmakers of the present day.
Vivid world building: Richard James Allen launches ‘The Book of Jeremiah’ by Beatriz Copello
Jeremiah is a complex and not always appealing figure, but that may be the point, as he is Copella’s vehicle for an examination of the contradictions and complexities of being human. In fact, one of the strengths of this book is its fearless honesty about human urges.
Awakening our rage: Rosemary Nissen-Wade reviews ‘Witches, Women and Words’ by Beatriz Copello
Unacquainted with Beatriz Copello’s work before (but eager now to catch up) I was drawn to this book because I’m both a poet and a witch
Beatriz Copello: 5 Poems from ‘No Salami Fairy Bread’
Dr Beatriz Copello, is an award-winning writer and a former member of NSW Writers Centre Management Committee. She writes poetry, reviews, fiction and plays. Her poetry books include Women Souls and Shadows, Meditations At the Edge of a Dream, Flowering Roots, Under the Gums Long Shade, Witches Women and Words and Lo Irrevocable del Halcon and Renacer en Azul (In Spanish). Other books include Copello are: A Call to the Stars, Forbidden Steps Under the Wisteria and Beyond the Moons of August (Her Doctoral Thesis). Her latest collection of poetry is No Salami Fairy Bread.
Hold on to resilience: Colleen Keating launches ‘No Salami Fairy Bread’ by Beatriz Copello
This is not an ordinary collection of poetry . It is the story of a life in poetry, a funny and poignant story written in poetic form. It follows the poets migratory life as a young woman, without English, who had to carry the early resistance of family
Creative, explorative and very personal: Beatriz Copello reviews ‘Looking In’ by Michael Leibowitz
Looking In is a well-written book, Leibowitz has a very original voice, he moves from harsh words to tender ones, from the serious to the banal, from skepticism to certitude.
A sharp eye and a lyric touch: Beatriz Copello reviews ‘Bobish’ by Magdalena Ball
With poetry of cinematic quality, the poet tells the story of Rebecca Lieberman who was only fourteen with not much life experience or schooling, but she had strength of character and a skill, she knew how to read the fortune in tea leaves. A skill that helped her to survive.
Vivid and eloquent: ‘inãianei/now’ by Vaughan Rapatahana reviewed by Beatriz Copello
When the poetry book inãianei/now by Vaughan Rapatahana was given to me to review the cover, by Pauline Canlas Wu, not only intrigued me but also surprised me. Why? Because it portrays a group of men showing anger and two women with a resigned look on their faces and a hand expression that I interpreted as “What can we do?”. Once I read the book the cover made sense to me.
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