Reviews of Alex Skovron’s books

The Rearrangement (1988)

Philip Mead, ‘A migrant poet’s voice in full form’, Age, 25 Feb 1989.

Chris Wallace-Crabbe, ‘A distinctive new poetic presence’, Australian Jewish News (Melbourne), 3 Mar 1989; Australian Jewish Times (Sydney), 17 Mar 1989.

Serge Liberman, ‘Opening the gates of imagination’ (profile), Australian Jewish News (Melbourne), 3 Mar 1989; Australian Jewish Times (Sydney), 17 Mar 1989.

Tony Lintermans, ‘Painters of poems’, Herald (Melbourne), 23 Mar 1989.

Martin Duwell, ‘Shooting for the moon’, Weekend Australian, 25 Mar 1989.

Shane McCauley, Fremantle Arts Review, vol.4, no.3 (Mar 1989).

Heather Cam, ‘Poetry alive and disinterred’, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 Apr 1989.

Michael Sharkey, ‘Rearranging the familiar’, Fine Line 5 (Apr 1989).

Paul Kane, ‘First books by latest poets ...’, Antipodes (USA), Spring 1989.

Tony Scanlon, ‘Challenging, intelligent and absorbing’, Northern Perspective, vol.12, no.1 (1989).

Alan Gould, ‘Making the familiar seem new is part of the art of this observant poet’, Canberra Times, 22 Jul 1989.

Philip Salom, ‘...There are no books in hell’, Australian Book Review 113 (Aug 1989).

Graham Rowlands, ‘After poetry (2): Measure for measure’, Overland 115 (Aug 1989).

Short review (with others ‘compiled by Scripsi magazine’), Sunday Age, 3 Sep 1989.

Jean Thornton, Luna 27 (1989).

Judith Beveridge, ‘First collections’, Phoenix Review 4 (Spring 1989).

Walter Tonetto, ‘Stubbornly grazing the soft rain’, Southerly, no.4, 1989 (Dec 1989).

David Reiter, ‘Processing’, Age Monthly Review, Feb 1990.

Bruce Gillespie, ‘Poets to the fore’, Melbourne Report, Feb 1990; and Metaphysical Review, Aug 1991.

Ronald Dunlop, ‘Alex Skovron’s voice in the wilderness’, Poetry Australia 123/ 124 (1990).

Brian Edwards, ‘Cultural constructions, time, and travel arrangements’, Mattoid 36 (1990).

Evan Jones, ‘Alex Skovron: The fascination of what’s difficult’, Scripsi, vol.6, no.2 (Aug 1990).

Ron Pretty, ‘A juggler, by no means faded’, Scarp 17 (Oct 1990).

Van Ikin & Kieran Dolin, ‘Australia (with Papua New Guinea)’: annual survey, Journal of Commonwealth Literature, no.2, 1990.

Sylvia Irlicht, ‘Jewish Australian literature’, Melbourne Chronicle 60 (1991).


Sleeve Notes (1992)

Beate Josephi, review for Radio 5UV (Adelaide). [Copy received 5 Feb 1993]

Diane Carlyle, Australian Campus Review Weekly, 4-10 Feb 1993.

Kevin Hart, ‘When a poem is like a hedgehog’, Age, 27 Feb 1993.

Dinny O’Hearn, ‘MP tries his hand at thrills of writing’, Melbourne Times, 3 Mar 1993.

Chris Wallace-Crabbe, ‘Dashing and intelligent collection of poems’, Australian Jewish News, 5 Mar 1993 (Sydney) and 19 Mar 1993 (Melbourne).

Martin Duwell, ‘Magic from a melting pot’, Weekend Australian, 6 Mar 1993.

Lawrence Bourke, ‘Capital P favours technical skills’, Australian Book Review 149 (Apr 1993).

Amanda Wilson, ‘Alex Skovron: An intelligent conversation’ (interview), Australian Book Review 149 (Apr 1993).

Bruce Gillespie, Melbourne Report, vol.8, no.7 (Apr 1993).

Graham Rowlands, ‘After poetry 16: Back to basics’, Overland 130 (Autumn 1993).

Melissa Bell, ‘Reviews’, Visions International (USA) 42 (1993).

Kevin Hart, ‘After poetry 17: The unknown’, Overland 131 (Winter 1993).

Shane McCauley, Fremantle Arts Review, vol.8, no.7 (Aug-Sep 1993).

Yvette Christiansë, Southerly, vol.53, no.3 (Sep 1993).

Jeff Doyle, ‘A wealth of poetic devices do not, alas, a poem make’, Canberra Times, 4 Sep 1993.

John Leonard, ‘Contexts and preoccupations’, Social Alternatives, vol.12, no.3 (Oct 1993).

Les Harrop, ‘Decency of the civilised individual’, Australian Jewish News, 3 Dec 1993 (Sydney) and 10 Dec 1993 (Melbourne).

Les Harrop, ‘A head-jog’, Overland 134 (Autumn 1994).

John Knight, ‘Notes on Notes’, The Guide, vol.3, no.3 (Jun 1994).

Les Harrop, ‘After the barbarians: Australian Jewish poetry’, Generation, vol.4, no.3 (Dec 1994).

Hilary Ash, ‘Wide horizons of Melbourne poet’, unpublished, Mar 1996.

Roxanne T. Bodsworth, ‘Master of the written word’, unpublished, Sep 1996.

Clare Mendes, ‘The interview: Alex Skovron’, The Australian Writer (no.299), Oct/ Nov 1996.


Infinite City (1999)

Lorraine Marwood, Famous Reporter, Jun 1999.

Marcelle Freiman, ‘Making the ordinary extraordinary’, Australian Jewish News, 2 Jul 1999 (Melbourne and Sydney).

Jennifer Maiden, ‘A way around the sky’, Australian Book Review 212 (Jul 1999).

‘Therese’ (Roxanne T. Bodsworth), ‘Even if meaning remains obscure’, SideWaLK 4 (1999).

Mariann Biron, ‘Poet faces up to new challenges’, Australian Jewish News (Melbourne), 30 Jul 1999.

Peter Porter, in ‘Pick of the crop’ (Age Book of the Year Awards shortlist survey), Age, 14 Aug 1999.

Mariann Biron, ‘The power of poetry’, Australian Jewish News (Sydney), 27 Aug 1999.

Barry Hill, ‘Cities of body and mind’, Weekend Australian (Review), 28 Aug 1999.

Jeremy Gronow, ‘Sleeve notes on a life’, Caulfield/ Glen Eira Leader, 30 Aug 1999.

Garth Madsen, POAM (Melbourne Poets Union newsletter), no.238 (Aug 1999).

Paola Bilbrough, Heat 13 (Nov 1999).

Kerry Leves, ‘Routines & revelations: new poetry’, Overland 157 (Summer 1999).

Ian McBryde, ‘A summer feast’, Island 80/ 81 (Spring/ Summer 1999 — 2000).

Peter Boyle, Cordite 6/ 7 (2000).

Bruce Gillespie, ‘Books read since 1 March 1999’, The Great Cosmic Donut of Life 19 (Aug 1999); and
‘Books read since 5 March 1999’, *brg* 27 (Apr 2000).

Bruce Gillespie, ‘My lists for 1999’ (brief notice), The Great Cosmic Donut of Life 22 (Mar 2000) and *brg* 27
(Apr 2000).

Paul Cliff, ‘Two very different “Melbourne” dreamings’, Ulitarra 17/ 18 (Jul 2000).

Kate Nancarrow, ‘Rhyme of their lives’, Sunday Life! (weekly Sunday Age and Sun-Herald magazine), 20 Aug 2000.

Marcelle Freiman, ‘The problem of nostalgia and narrative in a literature of diaspora’, unpublished paper, 2001.

Lorin Ford, ‘A formal feeling’, unpublished, May 2004.


The Man and the Map (2003)

Deborah Stone, ‘A poet’s memories shared’, Australian Jewish News, 12 Sep 2003 (Melbourne and Sydney).

Geoff Page, ‘Biding its time’, Australian Book Review 256 (Nov 2003).

John Mateer, ‘A poetic diversity beyond city and bush’, Canberra Times, 24 Jan 2004.

Barry Hill, ‘Small things beautiful’, Weekend Australian (Review), 14 Feb 2004.

Bruce Gillespie, ‘Favourites of 2003’, The Great Cosmic Donut of Life 40 (Feb 2004) and *brg* 37 (Apr 2004).

Ian McBryde, ‘Poetry with Ian McBryde’, Artstreams, vol.9, no.1 (Mar/ Apr 2004).

Kevin Gillam, Five Bells, vol.11, no.2 (Autumn 2004).

Gig Ryan, ‘Tying a restless world into 14 lines: the art of the sonnet’, Age, 10 Jul 2004.

Roy Clark, ‘Ruthless exposure’, New England Review, no.20 (Sep 2004).

Oliver Dennis, ‘Poetry survey’, Island 98 (Spring 2004).