Marion May Campbell – third body – Reviews in StylusLit & Cordite

Another wonderful review for staff member Marion May Campbell’s latest poetry collection, third body (Whitmore Press, 2018).

Reviewing third body in the latest edition of StylusLit, Alison Clifton writes:

“…this is sustaining poetry that should leave the reader with a sense of warmth and happiness. No, this poetry is not akin to the simple platitudes of Rupi Kaur, nor is it smug or complacent with regards to the status quo. But neither is it angry or vehement, melancholic or mournful. Instead, this is poetry that rewards work – both the writer’s and the reader’s – and speaks of that simple, elusive thing: love. Campbell is long-established as a novelist of merit; in third body, she shows an agility of expression and a keenness of insight that together prove she ranks high among the urgent voices of poetry in Australia today.”

Since its release Marion’s collection has been garnering wide praise, including a glowing review in Cordite Poetry Review. Alex Creece writes: “Transgressive poetry is looming larger in contemporary Australian poetics, where work regarding in-betweenness and otherness is receiving some much-needed amplification with publishing presses… Campbell explores how ‘difference is aborted’ in various contexts, including matters such as nationalism and racism in Australia.” Read the full review here>

 

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