Richard Hillman (poet)

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Richard Hillman (born 16 March 1964 in Liverpool, New South Wales) is an Australian poet.

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He has published a number of collections, and was a founding editor of the poetry and poetics journal Sidewalk (1997). [1] His "The Big Wet Takes Hold" (2004) and "The Night Parrot" (2006) were selected among the best Australian poems. [2] [3] In 2001, he was a doctoral student at Flinders University. [4]

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  1. ↑ Arnold, John; John A. Hay; Sally Batten (2001). The bibliography of Australian literature, Volume 2. U of Queensland P. p. 451. ISBN   978-0-7022-3500-9.
  2. ↑ Porter, Peter (2005). The Best Australian Poetry 2005 . University of Queensland Press. p.  50. ISBN   978-0-7022-3518-4.
  3. ↑ Rose, Peter (2007). The Best Australian Poems 2007. Black. p. 44. ISBN   978-1-86395-417-4.
  4. ↑ Hillman, Richard; Heather Sladdin (2001). Flow. Wakefield Press. p. 5. ISBN   978-1-86254-543-4.
  5. ↑ Krausmann, Rudi (1998) "Rev. of Hillman, Mending The Dingo Fence." Imago 10.1, 144–47.
  6. ↑ Farrel, Michael (22 August 2010). "Michael Farrell Reviews Richard Hillman". Cordite Poetry Review. Retrieved 13 November 2021.


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