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NERVOUS ARCS & THE BODY IN TIME N A ERVOUS RCS Jordie Albiston T B T HE ODY IN IME Diane Fahey PINIFEX SpinifexPressPtyLtd, 504QueensberryStreet, NorthMelbourne,Vic.3051 Australia [email protected] FirstpublishedbySpinifexPress,1995 NervousArcscopyright©JordieAlbiston,1995 TheBodyinTimecopyright©DianeFahey,1995 Allrightsreserved.Withoutlimitingtherightsundercopyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, storedinorintroducedintoaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,in anyformorbyanymeans(electronic,mechanical,photocopying, recordingorotherwise),withoutpriorwrittenpermissionofboth thecopyrightownerandtheabovepublisherofthebook. PhotographofJordieAlbistonbyIanMcBryde PhotographofDianeFaheybyJoArmour TypesetinGoudybyClaireWarren CoverdesignbyLinTobias MadeandprintedinAustraliabyAustralianPrintGroup NationalLibraryofAustralia Cataloguing-in-Publicationentry: Fahey,Diane. Thebodyintime. ISBN187555937X 1. Australian poetry – 20th century. I. Albiston, Jordie, 1961– .Nervousarcs. II.Title. III.Title:Nervousarcs. A821.308 ThispublicationisassistedbytheAustraliaCouncil,the AustralianGovernment’sartsfundingandadvisorybody. CONTENTS NERVOUS ARCS JordieAlbiston1 THE BODYIN TIME DianeFahey111 NervousArcs Jordie Albiston Thisbookisdedicatedtomygrandmothers HazelRuvéAlbiston and MargaretTrahairTweddell PhotoofJordieAlbiston 118mmWx96mmH About Jordie Albiston JordieAlbistonhasbeenwritingfortenyearsandhas hadworkpublishedbothinAustraliaandoverseas.She was commended in the 1994 Premier’s Poetry Award (Warana Writers Week) and received the Wesley MichelWrightNationalPoetryPrizein1991.Shehas hadherpoetryreadonavarietyofradioprogrammes, has performed her work on international television andhasbeenwidelypublishedinliteraryjournalsand magazines.ShehasjustcompletedaPhDinliterature, and has two children. She was born in, and lives in, Melbourne. 3

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Jordie Albiston's collection of poetry documents the complex world of music and memory, history and art, from the perspectives of such figures as Frida Kahlo, Emily Dickinson, the witches of Salem, Ahab and Frankenstein. Voicing the unspoken languages of the body, these poems aim to negogiate the co
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