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Vagabondage — video-footnotes — a companion Youtube playlist

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Beth Spencer

For readers of my poetry memoir, Vagabondage (UWAPublishng, 2014), about the year I lived in a campervan and ideas about ‘home’ — here’s a playlist of video ‘footnotes’. So if you were wondering where the phrase ‘leave no trace’ came … Continue reading →

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Raining poetry in Adelaide

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Beth Spencer

I love this project from Raining Poetry in Adelaide, where they have stencilled very short poems on the pavement with a special paint that only shows up when it rains. My own rain poem is in this photo. According to the … Continue reading →

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I’d like to have permission to be post-modern, but I’m not sure who to ask…

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Beth Spencer

This essay/talk explores some of the issues I encountered with the publication of my fiction book How to Conceive of a Girl (Vintage/Random House, 1996) regarding how and when (and if) to seek permission to use short quotes from a wide range … Continue reading →

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