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8 June 2016, Wed It’s the birthday of one of my oldest friends, SH. I remember taking the bus with

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By Eileen Chong Tell me a little about yourself. My name is Eileen Chong and I’m a poet. I’m a

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An enormous thanks to Luke Beesley for his excellent and entertaining posts. Our blogger this month is Eileen Chong. Her

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by Luke Beesley …turn on that dishwasher John Ashbery, ‘Wooden Buildings’ My old mate, poet Nick Powell, visited Melbourne last

… read more Poets in Cars, An Interview with Nicholas Powell

by Luke Beesley Having just finished Cesar Aira’s Shantytown, which in the end was probably my least favourite Aira, I’ve

… read more Followed by Patrick Modiano’s Dog: What I’ve Been Reading, Last Part

by Luke Beesley John Ashbery apparently went into a bookshop in Paris in the late 1950s and said something along

… read more Ardent Dentists and Artists’ Cupboards: Raymond Roussel and Gerald Murnane in Days of Heaven

by Luke Beesley I’m currently reading Shantytown by Argentinian author Cesar Aira. It’s the seventh Aira (6 novels and a

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by Luke Beesley This is the first time I’ve ever “blogged”, and it included a false start. I wrote a

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