Benjamin Dodds Archives

NOT A REVIEW: Tricia Dearborn’s Autobiochemistry (Benjamin Dodds)

Verity La March 23, 2020 Through the Looking Glass: Reviews

I have been a fan of Tricia Dearborn’s poetry for a decade. My initial encounter with her work was in an anthology chapbook published for National Science Week in 2010. …

The Right Amount of Danger: Benjamin Dodds reviews Sarah Holland-Batt’s The Hazards

Verity La September 9, 2016 Through the Looking Glass: Reviews

Sarah Holland-Batt has made a friend of variety. As we saw in her debut collection Aria and see again in her follow-up work The Hazards, she well and truly embraces …

Ridley Scott’s Alien with Moth (Benjamin Dodds)

Verity La September 11, 2015 Heightened Talk

Ridley Scott’s Alien with Moth ride …

Gold Coast to Colombo Return (Emily Riches)July 17, 2018
(edited by Kathryn Hummel) To be having an adventure / is a sign of incompetence. ~ Anne Carson Gold Coast to Colombo Just before we get on the plane, my ... Read More
FEELING PLACE: SLOW-TIME ON COUNTRY. Jeanine Leane Reviews Phillip Hall’s FumeAugust 21, 2018
Edited by Robyn Cadwallader In 2011, Phillip Hall was, in his own words, ‘offered the opportunity of a lifetime, to work in remote Indigenous education’. His collection of non-fiction poetry ... Read More
Lifeguard (Grace Finlayson)April 3, 2018
On Tuesday afternoon, two weeks into the summer holidays, I watched the old women swim laps of the 50-metre pool. Up and down the lanes they went, swimming freestyle and ... Read More