Pete Spence: 2 Postcards (3 & 4)
Postcards 3 & 4 in a an ongoing series by Pete Spence
Reviews
Towards the Open Sea: Martin Langford launches ‘The Leaving’ by Brian Purcell
Brian has always been a poet, but he is one of those people who also has a wide variety of artistic interests: he was lead singer for the post-industrial band, Distant Locust, together with being their lyricist – there is an earlier book of song lyrics; he is a painter (as you can see from the cover) and a photographer.
Issue 33 & 2022
Rochford Street Review normally takes a week or two off over the Christmas to new year period but this year unfortunately, like much of NSW and Australia we have been impacted by the latest surge of COVID 19 infections. As a result we have put Issue 33 on hold for a little longer than normal.
Texas Fontanella – Erasure 3
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 remarkable feat of poetic ability: Rachael Mead and Alison Flett launch Rhymes With Hyenas by Heather Taylor Johnson
Rhymes with Hyenas fills me with joy. For so many reasons. I can guarantee it will be unlike anything you have read before. It’s more than a poetry collection. More than an epistolary novel. More than a feminist reclamation of literary history. More than an ode to sisterhood. Yes, it is all these things. But it is so much more.
Pete Spence: 2 Postcards
The first two postcards in a an ongoing series by Pete Spence
Texas Fontanella – Erasure 2
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
Vicky Tsaconas: Six Poems
Vicky Tsaconas lives in Melbourne. Her poetry and prose have been published in the anthologies Southern Sun, Aegean Light and Mothers from the Edge, in Stylus Lit, the Australian Multicultural Writing Project,Transnational Literature, Australian Poetry Journal, Azuria, Hobo Poetry Magazine, & (ampersand) and Unusual Work. Her articles have been published in Australia, Greece and online. Vicky was one of the founding members of Διφωνιες (Difonies) Journal of Greek Australian Thought.
Moving, visceral and beautiful: Leila Lois reviews ‘Disassembling A Dancer’ by Kyeren Regehr.
Disassembling A Dancer is a moving, visceral and beautiful chapbook collection from Canadian Australian writer Kyeren Regehr. It paints the tragic landscape of a dancer’s body, the pain, torment and passion and draws us into the sublime drama of ballet. The artwork by Monica Piloni and Lindsay Beal, as well as the woven ballet ribbon for binding, make this book an exquisite visual as well as literary work of art.
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