Listen to David McCooey read his poem ‘Notes on 2001: A Space Odyssey’ on the ‘Poets Abroad’ (Victoria) podcast by Australian Book Review.
Poetry for Troubled Times
Listen to David McCooey reading a poem by Tomas Tranströmer for Australian Book Review’s ‘Poetry for Troubled Times’ podcast.
David McCooey on Geelong Library's 'Fast Five' Podcast
David McCooey talks with Simon of the Geelong Regional Libraries about what he’s reading and more.
Vale Les Murray - David McCooey on Les Murray in The Conversation
David McCooey writes about Les Murray in The Conversation. Click below to read.
David McCooey Reviews Judith Beveridge
David McCooey has reviewed Judith Beveridge’s Sun Music in Cordite Poetry Review. Click below to read the review.
David McCooey Poem in Meanjin
The latest issue of Meanjin includes a poem, ‘Elegy’, by David McCooey. Click below (paywall).
David McCooey in Spineless Wonders Anthology
David McCooey’s prose poem ‘Gesang Der Jünglinge (Song of the Youths)’ has been published in Spineless Wonders anthology of microlit, Shuffle, edited by Cassandra Atherton. Click below for more information about the anthology.
David McCooey Reviews Les Murray
David McCooey reviewed Les Murray’s Collected Poems for the Fairfax Press. Click below to read the review in the Sydney Morning Herald.
David McCooey in The Conversation on the 50th Anniversary Remix of The White Album
Click below to read David’s thoughts on the 50th Anniversary remix of the Beatles’ legendary White Album.
David McCooey edits the Victorian section of the 2018 'States of Poetry' anthology for Australian Book Review
Click below to read David McCooey’s introduction to this year’s ‘States of Poetry’ feature, for poets in Victoria, in Australian Book Review (no paywall). You can also read the poetry by five terrific poets that he chose for the anthology. The poets are Lisa Gorton, Gig Ryan, Brendan Ryan (no relation), Bella Li, and Chris Wallace-Crabbe.
Bella Li
David McCooey reviews three new Australian poetry collections
David has a review in the latest edition of Australian Book Review in which he writes about new poetry collections by Sarah Day, Jennifer Harrison, and Jordie Albiston. Click below for more details. (Paywall.)
David McCooey launches Jo Langdon's poetry collection, Glass Life
On Sunday 14th July, at the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, David McCooey launched Glass Life, the new full-length poetry collection by Jo Langdon. Click below to read David's launch speech and to buy Jo's book.
Photo by Patti Manolis, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
The Limits of Autobiography published by Routledge
The Limits of Life Writing, edited by David McCooey and Maria Takolander, has recently been published by Routledge. The collection includes essays by leaders in the field of life writing, such as Gillian Whitlock and Kate Douglas, and it offers new insights into the nature of auto/biographical writing in contemporary culture. It attends to various 'liminal forms' of life writing, including magical-realist fiction, graphic memoir, confessional poetry, and personal blogs.
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David McCooey's Star Struck reviewed in Transnational Literature
'...thoroughly enjoyable and enriching...': click below to read Annette Couch's extremely positive review of Star Struck.
David McCooey in Cordite Poetry Review
Click below to read David McCooey's poem about the American poet Elizabeth Bishop, 'Questions of Travel', in the latest issue of Cordite Poetry Review: 86: NO THEME VII, edited by Lisa Gorton.
David McCooey reviews Who Reads Poetry
Click below to read David's review in Australian Book Review (paywall)
David McCooey reviews Renga: 100 Poems by John Kinsella & Paul Kane
Click below to read David's review in Australian Book Review (paywall)
David McCooey reviews Yvonne Smith's Study of David Malouf
Click below for David's review in Australian Book Review (paywall).
David McCooey in Cordite Poetry Review
Click below to read David McCooey's found poem, 'Posing Cards', in the latest issue of Cordite Poetry Review: 84: SUBURBIA, edited by Lachlan Brown & Nathanael O’Reilly.
David McCooey on Fay Zwicky
David McCooey's essay on Fay Zwicky, has appeared in a special issue of Westerly magazine dedicated to the memory of the Western Australian poet. The special issue, which is free, is edited by Dennis Haskell, and features work by John Kinsella, Lucy Dougan, and others. Click below to go to Westerly's site, where you can download the special issue.
