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Bronwyn Lea review ‘The Cambridge History of Australian Poetry’ edited by Ann Vickery and Philip Mead
Histories of Australian poetry have long told the same story: a poetry that gradually frees itself from British models and becomes recognisably its own, a story now so familiar it can sound less like an argument than a fact. The Cambridge History of Australian Poetry, edited by Ann Vickery and Philip Mead, replaces that narrative with a more exacting claim: that ‘Australian poetry’ is not something that simply emerges over time but something people make. Continue reading for only $10 per month.
‘Rinbo Abdo’, a new poem by Philip Mead
Philip Mead was born in Brisbane in 1953. From 1987 to 1994 he was Lockie Fellow in Creative Writing and Australian Literature in the English Department, University of Melbourne, and from 1995 to 2009, Senior Lecturer, then Associate Professor in English, at the University of Tasmania. Since 2009 Philip has been Winthrop Professor and inaugural Chair of Australian Literature at the University of Western Australia, and Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science.
Philip Mead reviews 'Barron Field in New South Wales: The poetics of Terra Nullius' by Thomas H. Ford and Justin Clemens
Philip Mead was born in Brisbane in 1953. From 1987 to 1994 he was Lockie Fellow in Creative Writing and Australian Literature in the English Department, University of Melbourne, and from 1995 to 2009, Senior Lecturer, then Associate Professor in English, at the University of Tasmania. Since 2009 Philip has been Winthrop Professor and inaugural Chair of Australian Literature at the University of Western Australia, and Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science.
'Torrents of Spring', a poem by Philip Mead
Philip Mead was born in Brisbane in 1953. From 1987 to 1994 he was Lockie Fellow in Creative Writing and Australian Literature in the English Department, University of Melbourne, and from 1995 to 2009, Senior Lecturer, then Associate Professor in English, at the University of Tasmania. Since 2009 Philip has been Winthrop Professor and inaugural Chair of Australian Literature at the University of Western Australia, and Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science.
Selected writings' edited by Georgina Arnott
Philip Mead was born in Brisbane in 1953. From 1987 to 1994 he was Lockie Fellow in Creative Writing and Australian Literature in the English Department, University of Melbourne, and from 1995 to 2009, Senior Lecturer, then Associate Professor in English, at the University of Tasmania. Since 2009 Philip has been Winthrop Professor and inaugural Chair of Australian Literature at the University of Western Australia, and Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science.
Cows on the Beach: How AI can work with the unexpected
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David Campbell: A life of the poet
Biography Reviewed by Philip Mead • David Campbell: A life of the poet by Jonathan Persse Australian Scholarly Publishing, $44 pb, 260 pp Biography Reviewed by Philip Mead • To an older generation of Australian poetry readers, David Campbell (1915–79) was perhaps the best-loved poet of Douglas Stewart’s post-World War II ‘Red Page’, appearing there with what would become iconic poems of the new Bulletin school like ‘Windy Gap’, ‘Who Points the Swallow’, and ‘Men in Green’.
Philip Mead reviews 'A Kinder Sea' by Felicity Plunkett
Poetry Reviewed by Philip Mead • A Kinder Sea by Felicity Plunkett University of Queensland Press, $24.99 pb, 112 pp Poetry Reviewed by Philip Mead • Felicity Plunkett has being doing good works in the poetry sphere for some time now.
Philip Mead reviews 'A Kinder Sea' by Felicity Plunkett
Felicity Plunkett has being doing good works in the poetry sphere for some time now. She has edited for UQP a recent series of new and established poets; she reviews a wide variety of poetry in newspapers and magazines, as well as writing evocatively, in this journal, about influential figures in popular Australian poetics like Nick Cave and Gurrumul Yunupingu. Valuably, she has also made practical contributions to poetry teaching in the secondary English curriculum.
My Turn: The stories we tell ourselves
Published: 11/27/2019 7:30:24 AM The headlines in this week’s National Enquirer screamed, “L.B.J. ordered J. Edgar Hoover to Assassinate J.F.K.; 56 years later the mystery is finally solved!” I had no idea. I always thought it was the Mafia.
My Turn: Global warming - into the Anthropocene
Published: 5/6/2019 12:15:16 AM Rachel Carson was 56 when she died of breast cancer. Her death came a mere two years after the publication of her most famous work, Silent Spring. The chemical poisons and environmental degradation she warned against continue to be serious problems today.
My Turn: Donald Trump - lord of the lies
Published: 3/12/2019 12:15:04 AM Sociologists tell us that most people, on average, lie to someone about twice a day. These private lies are usually harmless, directed at a spouse, a friend or acquaintance, aiming not to hurt but to help. Perhaps to reduce an old hurt, allow a loved one a moment of respite from worry or fear, or to bolster self-esteem, these “white” lies provide some of the social lubrication that runs our daily lives. But of course not all lies are harmless.
Philip Mead: The butterfly effect on the border
If a butterfly flaps its wings in south Texas, does a president in Washington, D.C., watch his hopes for a border wall crumble? Luciano Guerra is a nature photographer and a Donald Trump supporter. He works at the National Butterfly Center located on the Texas-Mexico border. Trump plans to drive his border wall straight through the sanctuary. Judge Gonzolo Curiel, the same judge once vilified by Trump, has ruled that Trump has the authority to do so.
Philip Mead: Fear and hope on the road to ecocide
I stopped killing deer when I was 19. The last buck I shot was a spike horn, and he died bleating at my feet. The look of terror in his eyes haunts me to this day. I stepped into his world, he didn’t come into mine. I liked hunting. I like hunters – they tend to be good conservationists. Teddy Roosevelt was a hunter, but as he got older he preferred conservation. Rumor has it he cried when he shot his last bear.
Philip Mead: Love in the time of colic
Most Americans, in fact the vast majority of us, are a generous, caring and loving people. We are, hands down, the best volunteers in the world when it comes to civic responsibility. We rush to aid our neighbors in times of crises. We give generously to world aid programs, and we care deeply about our country’s values and its future. In fact, our human capacity for caring seems stamped into our DNA and may be the singular most important reason why we have survived as a species.
Gerry Lenfest was a modern-day Revolutionary | Perspective
Like Ames and the Revolutionaries he so admired, Gerry thought in the long term. He did not wish the gifts he made, and the institution he created, to be judged only by the effect of the current moment or even the outcome in a few years. He thought in terms of generations of impact. He dreamed of leaving, as Washington put it in 1776, for "unborn millions" a legacy that would protect and expand the freedoms that allowed him to live so fully to future generations.
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