Brentley Frazer Explained
Pre-Nominals: | Dr |
Brentley Frazer |
Birth Date: | January 1972 |
Birth Place: | Australia |
Education: | Ph.D (creative writing). Master of Arts (writing). |
Occupation: | poet/writer |
Known For: | Poetry, |
Notable Works: | 2017, Aboriginal to Nowhere: new poems 2016, A Dark Samadhi: poems + microtexts 2003 |
Style: | Dirty Realism Grunge lit Transgressive fiction creative non-fiction |
Dr |
Website: | http://www.brentley.com |
Brentley Frazer is an Australian poet widely known for his dirty realist, gritty, Gen. X memoir Scoundrel Days (UQP, 2017).[1]
Brentley has been a guest at numerous literary festivals, poetry readings, culture conserves and academic conferences, including: The Queensland Poetry Festival, The Australian National Poetry Festival, The Sydney Poetry Festival, Brisbane Writers Festival, The Wellington International Poetry Festival, The Oxfam Bookfest in London, "Spoken" and "Couplet" at the State Library of Queensland, The Sydney Writers Festival, Asia Pacific Writers and Translators and the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (Massey University 2014,[2] Swinburne University 2015, University of Canberra 2016[3]).
From 2001-2013 he was publisher and editor of Retort Magazine [4] and was co-founder of The Vision Area (1998-2000)[5] and a founding member of the Brisbane spoken word event Speed Poets (2003 - 2017).[6] In 2012 he completed a MA at James Cook University under the supervision of Lindsay Simpson. In December 2017 he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy from Griffith University under the supervision of Nigel Krauth and the poet Anthony Lawrence.[7]
Brentley's memoir Scoundrel Days: a memoir was published by University of Queensland Press in March, 2017.[8]
Published works
- Novels
- , UQP University of Queensland Press (Australia, 2017)
- Brilliant Future - The Butcher's Saga (with Fakie Wilde), Impressed Publishing (Australia, 2004)
- Poetry
- Opera of Destruction, Homunculus Publications (Australia, 1991) [9]
- Oneirodynia, laTorre Press (Australia, 1993)
- Blood Psalms, Sabazeos Books (Australia, 1995)
- Fugue, Sabazeos Books (Australia, 1996) [10]
- A Dark Samadhi, PCPress (Australia, New Zealand, 2003) [11]
- Memories Like Angels at a Ball Tripping Over Their Gowns, Black Star Books (Australia 2007)[12]
- Tableland Phantoms, Retort Books (Digital 2013)
- Kulturkampf: new + selected poems, Bareknuckle Books (Australia, 2015) [13]
- Aboriginal to Nowhere: new poems, HeadworX (New Zealand, 2016) [14]
- Academic Papers
- Aboriginal to Nowhere ~ Song Cycle of the Post Modern Dispossessed[15]
- Untitled Plane Crash[16]
- Beyond Is: Creative Writing with English Prime[17]
- A Greener Pasture[18]
Publications (as editor)
- Journals
- Retort Magazine ISSN 1445-7164 (2001 - 2014)
- Bareknuckle Poet Journal of Letters ISSN 2204-0420 (2013 - 2020) [19]
- Bareknuckle Poet Journal of Letters Anthology Volume 01, 2015 [20]
- Bareknuckle Poet Journal of Letters Anthology Volume 02, 2016 [21]
- Books
- We the Mapless: new and selected poems by Ian Mcbryde [22]
- Travel Under Any Star: Collected Short Stories by Venero Armanno[23]
- Rock & Roll: Selected poems in Five Sets by Mark Pirie [24]
- For All The Veronicas: The Dog Who Staid - New Poems by Andrew Galan [25]
- Improvised Dirges: New & Selected Poems by A. G. Pettet [26]
Sources
Notes and References
- Web site: Austlit — Brentley Frazer . Austlit. 18 April 2024.
- Web site: "Conference Presentations" . Academia. 18 April 2024.
- Web site: "The Authorised Theft Papers" . Australasian Association of Writing Programs. 18 April 2024.
- Web site: National Library of Australia: Archive of Retort Magazine 2001-2014. National Library of Australia. Pandora Archive. 8 April 2018.
- Book: Barr, Todd. Words to walk by : exploring literary Brisbane. 2005. University of Queensland Press. Sullivan, Rodney J.. 9780702235177. St Lucia, Qld.. 54. 62547775.
- Book: Speedpoets : the best of 2003.. 2003. Impressed Publishing. 9780975161838. Highgate Hill, Qld.. 224221900.
- Web site: Scoundrel Days: Writing Rebellion. Frazer. Brentley. Brentley Frazer. 21 December 2017. Griffith University Research Repository. 31 March 2018.
- Web site: Scoundrel Days: A Memoir. Author: Brentley Frazer. University of Queensland Press. 2018-03-31.
- Book: Frazer, Brentley. Opera of destruction. 1 January 1992. B. Frazer. 0646091956. North Ward, Qld. 226169717.
- Book: Frazer, Brentley. Fugue. 1995. Sabezeos Books. 9780646248592. Brisbane. 221759206.
- Book: Brentley, Frazer. A dark samadhi : poems + microtexts. 2003. PC Press. Smith, Robert M., Wilde, Fakie.. 0975039709. Fortitude Valley, Qld. 223382801.
- Web site: Memories Like Angels at a Ball Tripping Over Their Gowns. Frazer. Brentley. National Library of Australia. 8 April 2018.
- Book: Brentley, Frazer. Kulturkampf : selected poems, 1995-2015. 9780994186119. Brisbane, Qld.. 986966285. January 2015.
- Web site: National Library of Australia: Trove Archive. Frazer. Brentley. Brentley Frazer. 2016. Pirie. Mark. National Library of Australia. HeadworX. Wellington. 8 April 2018.
- http://www.aawp.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Frazer_AAWP_2016_aboriginal-to-nowhere-RF.pdf Authorised Theft: Refereed conference papers of the 21st Annual AAWP Conference
- http://www.textjournal.com.au/april16/frazer_poetry.htm TEXT Journal, Vol 20 Number 1, April 2016
- http://www.textjournal.com.au/april16/frazer.htm TEXT Journal, Vol 20 Number 1, April 2016
- http://www.aawp.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Frazer.pdf Writing the Ghost Train: Rewrriting, Remaking, Rediscovering Papers
- Web site: Bareknuckle poet : Journal of Letters. Frazer. Brentley. Pettet. A. G. 2014. 53361085. Bareknuckle Books. English. 2204-0420. 2018-04-08.
- Book: Frazer, Brentley. Bareknuckle Poet Journal of Letters Anthology Volume 01, 2015. Pettet. A. G. Bareknuckle Books. 2015. 1. Brisbane. Paperback. 2205-7218.
- Book: Frazer, Brentley. Bareknuckle Poet Journal of Letters Anthology Volume 02, 2016. Pettet. A. G. Bareknuckle Books. 2016. Brisbane. 2205-7218.
- Book: McBryde, Ian. We the mapless : new and selected poems. Bareknuckle Books. 2017. 9780994186164. Brisbane, Australia. 999396263.
- Book: Armanno, Venero. Travel under any star : collected stories. Bareknuckle Books. 2016. 9780994186157. West End, Queensland. 968207058.
- Book: Pirie, Mark. Rock & roll : selected poems in five sets. Bareknuckle Books. 2016. 978-0994186126. Brisbane, Australia. 961139684.
- Book: Galan, Andrew. For All The Veronicas: The Dog Who Staid - New Poems. Bareknuckle Books. 2016. 978-0-9941-861-4-0. Brisbane.
- Book: Pettet, A. G. Improvised dirges : new & selected poems. Bareknuckle Books. 2015. 9780994186102. West End, Qld. 909778245.