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'Jillian Pattinson's first full-length book of poetry includes portrait, lyrical, narrative and ekphrastic poems in free verse and novel forms. It won the 2010 Alec Bolton Prize for an unpublished manuscript. "The enigmatic vortex of the gyre, performing a fine balance between order and disorder, becomes the template for Jillian Pattinson's poetry. Even her lists work as centrifuges, spinning us out into what she calls 'the unmade world'. Her poetry will bring you into a world suspended in its fall, its gyre, somewhere between chaos and beauty. This kind of poetry is addictive to the ear and the mind. I know of nothing else quite like the way Pattinson's poetry can speak of the questions, silences, birds, deaths, and the strangely shifting names of things in the world. Like a journal of half-remembered dreams, with a Borgesian minor magic, sharing the insight of the blind with an uncluttered vision, this poetry does new things with the psyche, the heart, and with the mind." -Kevin Brophy' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Review Short : Judith Crispin’s The Myrhh-Bearers and Jillian Pattinson’s Babel Fish
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 October no. 52.0 2015;
— Review of The Myrrh-Bearers 2015 selected work poetry ; Babel Fish 2014 selected work poetry -
Geoff Page Reviews 'Babel Fish' by Jillian Pattinson
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 376 2015; (p. 57)
— Review of Babel Fish 2014 selected work poetry -
Inexplicable Angles : Charlotte Guest Reviews ‘Babel Fish’ by Jillian Pattinson
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , April - June no. 14 2015;
— Review of Babel Fish 2014 selected work poetry -
Human Moments at the Centre
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 July 2015; (p. 22)
— Review of Embracing the Razor 2015 selected work poetry ; Penelope’s Chairs 2014 selected work poetry ; Babel Fish 2014 selected work poetry ; Cut a Long Story Short 2015 single work autobiography -
John Hawke : Aurelia; Jillian Pattinson : Babel Fish
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 10 no. 2015;
— Review of Aurelia 2015 selected work poetry ; Babel Fish 2014 selected work poetry
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John Hawke : Aurelia; Jillian Pattinson : Babel Fish
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 10 no. 2015;
— Review of Aurelia 2015 selected work poetry ; Babel Fish 2014 selected work poetry -
Human Moments at the Centre
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 July 2015; (p. 22)
— Review of Embracing the Razor 2015 selected work poetry ; Penelope’s Chairs 2014 selected work poetry ; Babel Fish 2014 selected work poetry ; Cut a Long Story Short 2015 single work autobiography -
Inexplicable Angles : Charlotte Guest Reviews ‘Babel Fish’ by Jillian Pattinson
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , April - June no. 14 2015;
— Review of Babel Fish 2014 selected work poetry -
Geoff Page Reviews 'Babel Fish' by Jillian Pattinson
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 376 2015; (p. 57)
— Review of Babel Fish 2014 selected work poetry -
Review Short : Judith Crispin’s The Myrhh-Bearers and Jillian Pattinson’s Babel Fish
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 October no. 52.0 2015;
— Review of The Myrrh-Bearers 2015 selected work poetry ; Babel Fish 2014 selected work poetry
Awards
- 2015 highly commended Anne Elder Award