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#3: That Bali Smile by Paul Mitchell
Paul Mitchell is a Melbourne-based writer of prose and poetry who has appeared in Island, Overland and The Sleeper's Almanac 2007, among other journals. Martin Flanagan has prescribed Mitchell's writing for "people who think life hurts, rewards, bend, breaks and redeems."...
#2: Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams by Sylvia Plath
I have a guilty secret. Of all Sylvia Plath’s work, I have read only Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams (and other Prose Writings) and Ariel . No Bell Jar, no Colossus , no Winter Trees...
#1: Scar Tissue by Patrick Cullen
I recently attended a salon celebrating some seriously talented writers, including Emily Maguire, Steven Amsterdam and Kalinda Ashton. The final writer was Patrick Cullen , who I had first read in 2007; it was this same writer that I feverishly sought immediately after the Salon, to soak up his words in a new light...