Monthly Archive for: ‘June, 2019’

Poetry gems from the first half of 2019
By MLJ
on June 28, 2019

Poetry gems from the first half of 2019

Turning lyrics inside out and backward, hope kissing rust, heavy butterflies, and a ditch of a brain … read on to enjoy these and other wonderful turns of phrase I lapped up from the poems I read from January to June 2019. Hiss and spit Rae Armantrout says: ‘you can hold the various elements of

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Top five from the festival
By MLJ
on June 19, 2019

Top five from the festival

Sydney Writers’ Festival is one of my favourite weeks of the year – a time for musing. This year’s festival in May was no exception. I had a great time! Jamming ABC TV’s Monique Schafter was MC for Spineless Wonders’ Little Fictions – a fabulous live show at Knox Street Bar Chippendale. Actors Eleni Schumacher, Felix Johnson

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