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A while since a post (obviously) - much happening in the off-line stuffosphere and interfering with many levels of transmission - but here's a little something from me posted at another venue . It's an interview I did with Jeremy Balius, of Black Rider fame. In many ways, it came from a long conversation we had while waiting at Tullamarine for delayed planes variously to Perth and Adelaide. So, airport delays make way for conversations. Thanks, Jeremy.

When I was in Sydney, time before last, I did an interview with Ella O'Keefe for Radio 2SER, as part of their Final Draft program. The download has now come online.

There's a new feature at British poetry site metaroar consisting of a group Q&A between NSW writer Angela Meyer and three Australian poets, David Prater , Paul Hardacre , and myself. Angela's introduction says, in part, "Australia’s physical distance from the rest of the Western world can make its artists informed reflectors. It is a mish-mash of cultures, of opinions, of denials. It is still young. Mostly, modern Australian poetry recognises its roots but rejects becoming entwined with them. It wanders, delves, is frightened and influenced by a global environment." The article makes for an interesting play between different poetics and experiences, the things similar and not the same. From Paul: "I’d say that beauty has been vanquished. So you can see that my politics is a politics whose source is invariably love, compassion and a shared sense of humanity; a politics of similarities, instead of differences." From David: "I didn’t start writing po...

Tom Beckett interviews me at e-x-c-h-a-n-g-e-v-a-l-u-e-s . Yes, the lines are open between NSW and Ohio. It took a little while because of all the to-do I've been through lately. But I did get it together eventually. Enjoy! And thanks, Tom. It was fun. (Read all the other interviews as well.)