CHRIS MANSELL
australian poet
(Photo by Gaillyn Cooper)
This site gives you information on poems, points you to some prose and provides a contact point for classes and workshops, editing and play-writing, reading and speaking engagements and study trips with the Australian poet, Chris Mansell.
Called 'a significant voice in Australian poetry' (see some reviews of Mortifications & Lies in analysis + critiques) and has been deeply engaged in poetry for many years. Mansell has an articulate take on what she does (see the note on her poetics). She writes, gives writing classes and reads extensively and has won and been short-listed for a number of awards.
Here’s the newest book from Kardoorair Press but you can buy it here through the PressPress PayPal site using your credit card:
Spine Lingo:
new and selected poems
For a sample of Mansell's work, including some new media poems, go to poems section of this site. For a review of Spine Lingo go to Another Lost Shark.
Just out!
Collection of short fiction:
Schadenvale Road
Schadenvale Road, (IP, Brisbane, 2011)
a collection of short fiction.
To see more of this book go to
(Cover art by Jo O’Dowd.)
Other recent books:
Letters, Kardoorair Press. Stephen Lawrence in reviewing Letters in Cordite said, “Chris Mansell is not just an established presence in modern Australian poetry, but an important figure in our evolving aesthetic.”
(For another review of this book go to Stylus.)
Patricia Prime describes Love Poems (Kardoorair Press) in Stylus magazine as:
...a compelling book that mines the hurt of human life to great effect. It contains tragedy and irony, splashes of humour, failure, love, insight and song. Here is a journey anyone can undertake. The paths are all clearly marked. But beware. Once set on such a beguiling, vivid journey, there may be no arriving at a safe destination.
New anthology of Australian and Ukrainian poetry
Have a look at this anthology of contemporary Australian and Ukrainian poetry edited by Les Wicks (with others): AU/UA.
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