Welcome to the 1st anniversary of StylusLit. In this issue, I interview Canadian poet, Christian Bök, who gives us a view into the experimental and conceptual. Don’t forget to read his visual poem, “We Are Rats Who Build the Labrinyth From Which We Plan to Escape”. As well, I interview Australian poet and poetry editor of Island, Sarah Holland-Batt, who tells us her views on writing, editing and publishing poetry.
Nicky Gluch introduces us to German conductor, Christoph von Dohnànyi, Cassie Hamer writes about her late father-in-law, Australian painter, Robert Dickerson, and Joanna Horton reflects on her time in La Paz, Bolivia. Short fiction from Louise Hopewell where we learn there’s nothing like afternoon tea with an aunt, Glen Kershaw tells us about lies, and Andrew Scobie shares messages found in bottles.
Poets included are David Adès, Davina Allison, Stuart Barnes, Christian Bök, Brett Dionysius, Natalie D-Napoleon, Jayne Fenton-Keane, Rebecca Jessen, Gershon Maller, Emerald Roe, Brenda Saunders, Ynes Sanz, Alison Thompson, Kim Waters and Jena Woodhouse.
Read reviews of David Adès’ Afloat in Light, Shastra Deo’s The Agonist, Jonathan Hadwen’s All That Wasted Heat, Melinda Smith’s goodbye, cruel and Jane Williams’ Parts of the Main.
Happy reading!
Rosanna Licari
Bios
Creative Non-fiction
Death of an Artist
By Cassie Hamer
Going Higher
By Joanna Horton
Veiled Emotion
By Nicky Gluch
Fiction
Everyone Lies
By Glen Kershaw
Messages from the Blue
By Andrew Scobie
Snap
By Louise Hopewell
Poetry
A Labyrinthine Story
By Emerald Roe
Amphibious
By Alison Thompson
Aráchne
By Gershon Maller
Bloom
By Jayne Fenton Keane
Bloom
By Brett Dionysius
Charon
By Jena Woodhouse
Family History
By Natalie D-Napoleon
Fighting Girlfriend
By Brett Dionysius
Language is a labyrinth of paths
By Davina Allison
Medea
By Gershon Maller
Native Title
By Brenda Saunders
Nest
By Ynez Sanz
Palm
By Kim Waters
Sylvia’s Blue Banded Daddy
By Jayne Fenton Keane
The 52 Hertz Whale
By Stuart Barnes
The Magician
By David Ades
time-lapse
By Rebecca Jessen
We Are Rats Who Build the Labyrinth From Which We Plan to Escape
By Christian Bök
Reviews
Afloat in Light
By David Adès
All That Wasted Heat
By Jonathan Hadwen
goodbye, cruel
By Melinda Smith
Parts of the Main
By Jane Williams
The Agonist
By Shastra Deo