Fish Work

Caitlin Maling
ISBN: 9781760801649 Categories: ,

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AUSTRALIANA Fishes
120 pages ; 21 cm #100523 Signed by Author.
Fishes — Poetry. | Australian poetry. | Australian
Fish Work brings the great barrier reef into poetic focus, exploring not just the fish that occupy the reefs but that vast variety of life-forms – including human – that make the reef a uniquely diverse environment. Developed over three years of field-work, during which time the poet lived and worked alongside marine researchers, Fish Work asks us to reconsider what it means to live with other beings, human and extra-than-human. Blending the language of scientific research with the language of popular culture and her familiar conversational register, Fish Work is unlike any other book of poetry currently available in Australia. This collection represents the first dedicated poetic investigation into the Great Barrier Reef in a time a climate change, paying particular attention to the far northern Great Barrier Reef, specifically Lizard Island Research Station where the poet spent several months over several years undergoing fieldwork with the scientific researchers in residence
At the Bottom of It, Pain

Callie tries to give the fish a good death,

short and sharp, severing the brain stem.

Pithing – like the sound a cherry makes

when you extract the pip. Some things

are instinct like spitting out

what cracks, hard, against your teeth,

or how a fusilier in the net arches

its whole body like a rictus grin

when the fruit is sour.

Additional Information

AuthorCaitlin Maling
Number of pages120
PublisherUWA Publishing, Australia
Year Published2021
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

AS NEW COPY!

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