July 2011
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REFLECTIONS ON TEACHING POETRY / ELIZABETH...
I am a poet and a secondary school teacher. For me, one of the most funnest – as the kids might say – things in the world, is working with senior secondary students who care, to read poetry. I have been immensely lucky in working at a school where a large proportion of the students care very much indeed. I also work as a freelance presenter of poetry workshops and – my most favouritest thing –...
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THE INCREDIBLE VANISHING POET / BONNY CASSIDY
You need only think back to the discrepancies between versions of classical myths, to notice the way that mythology tends to sprawl rather than contain itself or anything else. The thing about mythology is that it is unwieldy and uncontainable; conflicted and inconsistent. We create myths to give order to the world – its origins, its events, its future, our experiences and expectations – and...
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BEYOND THE READING / ELIZABETH CAMPBELL
So Long Bulletin congratulates the Melbourne Poets’ Union for recent events which go beyond the poetry reading. A couple of months ago, we spent a wonderful evening with Alex Skovron, as he reflected on his life, his writing and his influences. On Friday 24th, we fulfilled a long-held ambition to hear Michael Farrell discuss the meanings, intentions, influences and purposes of his work. On July...
