‘It’s serious,this bloody Alzheimer’s’:lunch with Aussie legend John Flaus

‘It’s serious,this bloody Alzheimer’s’:lunch with Aussie legend John Flaus

He may not be a household name,but John Flaus is certainly a household voice,and face,after decades of acting and voiceover work.

  • byKarl Quinn

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‘I miss her’:Poet and writer Kate Jennings dies aged 72

‘I miss her’:Poet and writer Kate Jennings dies aged 72

Jennings,one of Sydney’s pioneering feminists in the 1970s,moved to New York and won awards for her novels,short stories and poetry.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell andJosh Dye
Evelyn Araluen’s poetry that can teach us all

Evelyn Araluen’s poetry that can teach us all

The Indigenous poet’s new collection has depth and complexity

  • byJohn Kinsella
‘My lungs have been so badly damaged’:Marianne Faithfull on life after COVID

‘My lungs have been so badly damaged’:Marianne Faithfull on life after COVID

Life and poetry uncannily entwine on the singer’s new album with Warren Ellis.

  • byMichael Dwyer
How we moved from convict brutality to songs around the piano

How we moved from convict brutality to songs around the piano

A cast of convicts performed Australia’s first play at Sydney Cove in 1789. But by the end of the 19th century the heart of entertainment was in the home.

  • byThomas Keneally
Lost poetry from a brutal jungle prison,still in search of a home
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Lost poetry from a brutal jungle prison,still in search of a home

A book of poetry written by an unknown prisoner of war has travelled for 75 years without a proper home.

  • byTony Wright
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Amanda Gorman’s poetry united critics. It’s dividing translators

Amanda Gorman’s poetry united critics. It’s dividing translators

Amanda Gorman’s The Hill We Climb,the poem about a “skinny black girl” that she recited at US presidential inauguration,has become fuelled debate about identity politics,and who has the right to translate a work.

  • byAlex Marshall
Don’t let the cat out of the bag
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Don’t let the cat out of the bag

He’s earned a rest.

Beat poet,publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101

Beat poet,publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101

City Lights Books published Jack Kerouac,Allen Ginsberg,William S. Burroughs and many others. The most famous release was Ginsberg’s anthemic poem,Howl.

  • byHillel Italie andJanie Har
Without rhyme or reason:A poet’s guide to surviving troubling times
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Without rhyme or reason:A poet’s guide to surviving troubling times

Many of us have lost loved ones to distance and separation,to illness and death,including myself. As a poet,there were days when poetry felt utterly futile,but there were also days when writing was my only anchor to life.

  • byEileen Chong
Big on emotion,with a dour tone:Super Bowl entertainment was fit for a pandemic

Big on emotion,with a dour tone:Super Bowl entertainment was fit for a pandemic

The spectre of COVID lingered all over this year’s Super Bowl entertainment,especially The Weeknd’s morbid halftime performance.

  • byRobert Moran