Paperback. Two poets known for delving into history and myth turn their attention to inner spaces, to time and the body's arcs. Jordie Albiston voices the unspoken languages of the body unearthing the complexity of memory, of desire and the art of the corporeal. Diane Fahey revisits the travelling body as it inhales memories of architecture and landscape. Scouring the body and the land for mines of trauma and of knowledge hard-won. Albiston's collection of poetry aims to negogiate the corporeal narratives of anorexia, abortion, conception and desire with a tension between content and form. Fahey's collection explores diverse settings, revisiting sites of trauma and hard-won knowlegde in youth and adult life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Body in Time / Nervous Arcs (Paperback)
Publisher: Spinifex Press, North Melbourne
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 187555937X
ISBN 13: 9781875559374
Binding: Paperback
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Jordie Albiston's collection of poetry documents the complex world of music and memory, history and art, from the perspectives of such figures as Frida Kahlo, Emily Dickinson, the witches of Salem, Ahab and Frankenstein. Voicing the unspoken languages of the body, these poems aim to negogiate the corporeal narratives of anorexia, abortion, conception and desire with a tension between content and form. Diane Fahey's collection explores diverse settings in Venice, Scotland and Australia. She is also the inner traveller, revisiting sites of trauma and hard-won knowlegde in youth and adult life.

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...pieces together a world - with integrity and incomparable delicacy - much as the fragile light of a star defines a universe. -- Annie Greet

Jordie Albiston writes with sharp intelligence, lyrical grace, and moral passion. A name to watch for. -- Janette Turner Hospital

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