Broken teeth
Birch, Tony, 1957-2016
Book
Don't think you'll get away with lightly reading these Tony Birch poems. They are not just words whistling on the wind. They come laden with other gifts. With a whole place: Melbourne. Objects proliferate in The Anatomy Contraption sequence, where, in a singular assemblage of technology, modern science and early-twentieth-century eugenicism it is easy to coolly dissect 'three infant hearts' for a cabinet of curiosities, which 'congeals together / like a song.' It makes you wonder what elements must thus congeal to sustain the songs, the poems, across all these pages without once faltering, without missing a beat.
Main title:
Broken teeth / Tony Birch ; introduction by Stephen Muecke.
Author:
Birch, Tony, 1957-, authorMuecke, Stephen, 1951-, writer of introduction
Work:
Imprint:
Melbourne Cordite Books, 2016.©2016
Collation:
xii, 71 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
Broken Teeth -- A Tree and a Boat -- Broken -- Traces -- Chroming -- Creek and Kite -- Dead City -- Visiting -- With Rebecca -- A Songline for Minoru -- Razor Wire Nation -- Mahzar -- Footnote to a History War (archive box no. 2) -- The True History of Beruk [William Barak] (archive box no. 3) -- All for Australia -- The Anatomy Contraption -- A Meeting with the Toe-cutter -- Waiting for my Father -- Exhibition Hotel -- Michael -- Ladies' Lounge -- A Meeting with the Toe-cutter.
ISBN:
9780975249222 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A821.4821.4
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
457238
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Literature | LITER 821.4 BIRC | Available |
| North Melbourne Library | Local History Reference | LH REF 821.4 BIRC | Not for loan (Set: 16 Aug 2021) |
| Southbank Library | -Literature | LITER 821.4 BIRC | Available |