IAN McFARLANE

Log of interview 7^th of May 2007 in Bega

To listen to the whole interview contact me. For copyright and aesthetic reasons the raw recordings are not available on-line.

0:25

Welcome and intro

0:25

1:09

1:10

1:149

Discussing Imagination, the final line coming to earth

1:50

2:09

2:10

3:19

3:33

Rejection of the poem by lit mags

3:55

4:32

4:37

5:19

Q: a dichotomy; lyrical/political, in your verse? JSN talk on web

5:20

5:50

5:52

7:00

7:12

12 second gap

7:12

8:16

Einstein quote, politics and poetry, about the poet

8:19

9:02

Q: use of poetry?

9:10

10:14

10:30

The Aust Lit Review debate; the state of publishing here

10:55

Poetry has lost touch with the common people; difficult line between lyric rhyme and doggerel

11:55

12:22

Ivory tower poets; good lyric verse a difficult form

12:23

13:11

Annoyed by demanding texts: a poem not a cryptic crossword

13:13

13:35

Q: about origin of left political leanings? Answered with a poem:

13:36

14:30

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16:02

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16:22

Q: describe post-modernism in 50 words or less?

16:23

17:00

17:03

19:59

20:07

20:35

Q: What were the forces that pushed you to the political left? Voice: contributing editor currently

20:40

21:37

English upbringing

21:38

22:04

Post war England, the NHS

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22:35

22:52

23:57

Q: will Aust Lit change if the federal government does (to labour)

24:56

26:05

Extract from Voice No 22, on ANZAC Day

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26:34

27:38

27:58

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30:00

31:40

31:40

Writing with depression, one word after the other, keep going.

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33:53

Release from depression generates creativity: even gratitude

33:57

34:18

Prose and a critique of it

34:20

Varuna scholarship

34:55

35:46

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37:15

37:18

37:50

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39:00

(introduces reading)

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48:18

Yes he would like a Socialist Australia, literature could thrive

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56:20

Q: How do you see the future of Aust Lit?

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58:10

Australian literature was its own thing pre-war; not globalised

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59:12

Some favourite Australian writers, Malouf; Astley; Winton

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60:40

Likes the TV serial West Wing

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64:10

Q: Has human civilisation progressed?

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66:25

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67:39

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68:30

Q: What is democracy in 2007?

68:45

Murunna point , introducing a short story

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70:19

Remarks on the short story in general

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74:55

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75:44

Anxiety, depression and breakdown as relevant to the story

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Thanks, end