Brentley Frazer

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Brentley Frazer
BornJanuary 1972
EducationPh.D (creative writing). Master of Arts (writing).
Occupationpoet/writer
Known forPoetry, Scoundrel Days: A Memoir
Notable work Scoundrel Days: A Memoir 2017, Aboriginal to Nowhere: new poems 2016, A Dark Samadhi: poems + microtexts 2003
Style Dirty Realism Grunge lit Transgressive fiction creative non-fiction
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Website http://www.brentley.com

Brentley Frazer is an Australian poet widely known for his dirty realist, gritty, Gen. X memoir Scoundrel Days (UQP, 2017). [1]

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Brentley has been a guest at numerous literary festivals, poetry readings, culture conserves and academic conferences, including: The Queensland Poetry Festival, The Australian National Poetry Festival, The Sydney Poetry Festival, Brisbane Writers Festival, The Wellington International Poetry Festival, The Oxfam Bookfest in London, "Spoken" and "Couplet" at the State Library of Queensland, The Sydney Writers Festival, Asia Pacific Writers and Translators and the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (Massey University 2014, [2] Swinburne University 2015, [2] University of Canberra 2016 [3] ).

From 2001 to 2013 he was publisher and editor of Retort Magazine ISSN   1445-7164 [4] and was co-founder of The Vision Area (1998–2000) [5] and a founding member of the Brisbane spoken word event Speed Poets (2003–2017). [6] In 2012 he completed a MA at James Cook University under the supervision of Lindsay Simpson. In December 2017 he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy from Griffith University under the supervision of Nigel Krauth and the poet Anthony Lawrence. [7]

Brentley's memoir Scoundrel Days: a memoir was published by University of Queensland Press in March, 2017. [8]

Published works

Publications (as editor)

References

  1. "Austlit — Brentley Frazer". Austlit. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 ""Conference Presentations"". Academia. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  3. ""The Authorised Theft Papers"". Australasian Association of Writing Programs. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  4. 1 2 "National Library of Australia: Archive of Retort Magazine 2001-2014". National Library of Australia. Pandora Archive . Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  5. Barr, Todd (2005). Words to walk by : exploring literary Brisbane. Sullivan, Rodney J. St Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press. p. 54. ISBN   9780702235177. OCLC   62547775.
  6. Speedpoets : the best of 2003. Highgate Hill, Qld.: Impressed Publishing. 2003. ISBN   9780975161838. OCLC   224221900.
  7. Frazer, Brentley (21 December 2017). "Scoundrel Days: Writing Rebellion". Griffith University Research Repository. doi:10.25904/1912/527 . Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  8. "Scoundrel Days: A Memoir. Author: Brentley Frazer". University of Queensland Press. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  9. Frazer, Brentley (1 January 1992). Opera of destruction. North Ward, Qld: B. Frazer. ISBN   0646091956. OCLC   226169717.
  10. Frazer, Brentley (1995). Fugue. Brisbane: Sabezeos Books. ISBN   9780646248592. OCLC   221759206.
  11. Brentley, Frazer (2003). A dark samadhi : poems + microtexts. Smith, Robert M., Wilde, Fakie. Fortitude Valley, Qld: PC Press. ISBN   0975039709. OCLC   223382801.
  12. Frazer, Brentley. "Memories Like Angels at a Ball Tripping Over Their Gowns". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  13. Brentley, Frazer (January 2015). Kulturkampf : selected poems, 1995-2015. Brisbane, Qld.: Bareknuckle Books. ISBN   9780994186119. OCLC   986966285.
  14. Frazer, Brentley (2016). Pirie, Mark (ed.). "National Library of Australia: Trove Archive". National Library of Australia. Wellington: HeadworX. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  15. Authorised Theft: Refereed conference papers of the 21st Annual AAWP Conference, 2016, Canberra, Australia
  16. TEXT Journal, Vol 20 Number 1, April 2016
  17. TEXT Journal, Vol 20 Number 1, April 2016) (Journal of Poetics Research, JPR05 Sep 2016
  18. Writing the Ghost Train: Rewrriting, Remaking, Rediscovering Papers – The Refereed Proceedings Of The 20th Conference of The Australasian Association of Writing Programs, 2015, Melbourne, Australia
  19. Frazer, Brentley; Pettet, A. G (2014). "Bareknuckle poet : Journal of Letters". 53361085. Bareknuckle Books. ISSN   2204-0420 . Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  20. Frazer, Brentley; Pettet, A. G (2015). Bareknuckle Poet Journal of Letters Anthology Volume 01, 2015 (Paperback) (1 ed.). Brisbane: Bareknuckle Books. ISSN   2205-7218.
  21. Frazer, Brentley; Pettet, A. G (2016). Bareknuckle Poet Journal of Letters Anthology Volume 02, 2016. Brisbane: Bareknuckle Books. ISSN   2205-7218.
  22. McBryde, Ian (2017). We the mapless : new and selected poems. Brisbane, Australia: Bareknuckle Books. ISBN   9780994186164. OCLC   999396263.
  23. Armanno, Venero (2016). Travel under any star : collected stories. West End, Queensland: Bareknuckle Books. ISBN   9780994186157. OCLC   968207058.
  24. Pirie, Mark (2016). Rock & roll : selected poems in five sets. Brisbane, Australia: Bareknuckle Books. ISBN   978-0994186126. OCLC   961139684.
  25. Galan, Andrew (2016). For All The Veronicas: The Dog Who Staid - New Poems. Brisbane: Bareknuckle Books. ISBN   978-0-9941-861-4-0.
  26. Pettet, A. G (2015). Improvised dirges : new & selected poems. West End, Qld: Bareknuckle Books. ISBN   9780994186102. OCLC   909778245.

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