He may not be a household name,but John Flaus is certainly a household voice,and face,after decades of acting and voiceover work.
Jennings,one of Sydney’s pioneering feminists in the 1970s,moved to New York and won awards for her novels,short stories and poetry.
The Indigenous poet’s new collection has depth and complexity
Life and poetry uncannily entwine on the singer’s new album with Warren Ellis.
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.
A book of poetry written by an unknown prisoner of war has travelled for 75 years without a proper home.
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.
He’s earned a rest.
City Lights Books published Jack Kerouac,Allen Ginsberg,William S. Burroughs and many others. The most famous release was Ginsberg’s anthemic poem,Howl.
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.
The spectre of COVID lingered all over this year’s Super Bowl entertainment,especially The Weeknd’s morbid halftime performance.