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Writing Elevated to the Label of Literature: Lyndon Walker reviews Late Night...

Late Night Shopping by Rhyll McMaster. Brandl & Schlesinger. Poetry 2012. I come to this book with all the worst qualifications of a reviewer – full of prejudices towards the book, both negative...

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Michael Dransfield – 39 Years Dead.

Michael Dransfield is one of the enigmas of Australian poetry. When he died at the age of 24 on 20th April 1973 he had published three books of poetry (Streets of the Long Voyage, The Inspector of...

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Why Dransfield…Why now?

One of the things I want to do with Rochford Street Review is to make sure writers receive the recognition I feel they deserve. I can think of a number of writers straight away which I think should be...

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The Ruthless Eye: Rae Desmond Jones reviews ‘Undercover of Lightness’ by...

Undercover of Lightness by Andrew Burke, Walleah Press, Hobart Tasmania. 2012. Many of Andrew Burke’s poems begin with a chatty casual style but end with a comment which carefully deflects the mood of...

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Recording Images: Robbie Coburn reviews ‘Flying Low in the Minor Key” by...

Flying Low in the Minor Key by Anthony Lawrence, River Road Press, 2011. Anthony Lawrence is unquestionably one of Australia’s most important contemporary poets. Flying Low in the Minor Key, released...

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Fragments and the Whole: Mark Roberts reviews ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ by...

The Pursuit of Happiness by Laurie Duggan. Shearsman Books (UK) 2012. Laurie Duggan was one of the first Australian poets who captured my imagination when, as a seventeen year old, I came across...

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The Ultimate Commitment: Michael Dransfield on the 40th Anniversary of His Death

Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Michael Dransfield who died on 20th April 1973. Last year Rochford Street Review published a series of articles and reprints of reviews on Dransfield...

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A Taster-Plate Full of Possibilities: Paul Summers reviews ‘Water Mirrors’ by...

Water Mirrors by Nicholas Powell. UQP Poetry Series. 2012 The hyperbole of publishers’ back-page blurbs is deserving of a critical review section in itself. UQP are in fluent overdrive here,...

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Confronting the Culture, Language and History of War: Mark Roberts reviews...

Valence: Considering War Through Poetry and Theory by Susan Hawthorne. Spinifex 2011. In a recent interview Alison Crogan was asked “Is poetry important”. Her answer was blunt and honest: The fact is...

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Playful Interplay: Mark Roberts reviews ‘Portraits – 54 Poems’ by Lizz Murphy

Portraits – 54 poems by Lizz Murphy. PressPress 2013 I was a little surprised to find myself thinking of Laurie Duggan as I read Lizz Murphy’s seventh (by my count) collection of poetry. Portraits...

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Featured Writer Willem Tibben: Biographical Note

Willem Tibben reading at the launch of suburban veneer, NSW Writers’ Centre, Sydney, 22 April 2017. photograph by Helen Lu Willem (Bill) Tibben came from Holland to Camden in 1954 where he grew up on...

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