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A Selection from the ArchivesThe below selection, from the Retort Magazine archives, is of some  of my personal favourite Writers from Australia. I say ‘Writers’ rather than ‘Poets’ because from personal experience ‘Poet’, though a title announced with intimate affinity, has somehow become disparaging, financially anyway. Many times, early on in my wide-eyed pursuit of [...]

‘As I’ve grown older–and colder–I’ve become irresistible’By way of introduction, I should tell you that when I was seven, my father took me and my little brother, Phil, on a car ride at 3 in the morning. We drove for hours and hours, stopping only for pop and potty. The next day, policemen took my [...]