tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post7670355046233690050..comments2024-03-28T10:23:33.705-07:00Comments on Rogue Strands: Douglas and meMatthew Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11050474652034142849noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-87603094300596734392013-03-18T02:09:12.052-07:002013-03-18T02:09:12.052-07:00I haven't read either Terry Street or Elegies,...I haven't read either Terry Street or Elegies, but I've just read Northlight and enjoyed it tremendously.<br /><br />I'll have to seek out those other two books. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-66772878587687916362013-03-18T02:07:58.375-07:002013-03-18T02:07:58.375-07:00I haven't read either Terry Street or Elegies,...I haven't read either Terry Street or Elegies, but I've just read Northlight and enjoyed it tremendously.<br /><br />I'll have to seek out those other two books. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-81062131025246649142009-01-29T05:31:00.000-08:002009-01-29T05:31:00.000-08:00I like Terry Street a lot, but at times the narrat...I like Terry Street a lot, but at times the narrator's outsiderdom seems to bring with it not just objective distance but also a sort of disdain for the people he's chronicling. It's also - it risks - the poet-outsider being completely passive.<BR/><BR/>In the end I think I prefer some of the poems in Barbarians, where the distance is traded in for personal involvement in the politics. It feels more like it matters, whereas Terry Street seems largely elegiac and quietist.<BR/><BR/>Enjoyed this post - thanks.Tony Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362084536958228614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-51498355620508537742009-01-22T16:13:00.000-08:002009-01-22T16:13:00.000-08:00Terry Street and Elegies stand out for me too. My ...<I>Terry Street</I> and <I>Elegies</I> stand out for me too. My copy of <I>Terry Street</I> also has the 60p net sticker, although Faber have pasted an Australian $1.95 over it. Can't see what I paid for it, but can't imagine I bought it at the age of five. Nuala NĂ ChonchĂșir has a recent <A HREF="http://womenrulewriter.blogspot.com/2009/01/writers-longevity-of-writing.html" REL="nofollow">post</A> quoting Robert McCrum on how writers don't really have a 'career' as they are always starting afresh, which is interesting in the context of your comments on Dunn. 'God's kiln' feels about right for Australia at the moment ... yesterday brought news that another lake was <A HREF="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/22/2471669.htm?site=ballarat" REL="nofollow">on fire</A> (no water in it for a couple of years).David Lumsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04483172967435196277noreply@blogger.com