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Jessica Alice
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Writer, poet and broadcaster
Artistic Director | Byron Writers Festival, Byron Bay
Chair | National Young Writers Festival
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Chora (18c) thwarted by the moon
Haiku by Miura Chora: you watch — it’s clouded;/ you don’t watch, and it’s clear —/ when you view the moon.
December 12, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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The last big thing I did as CEO of Writers SA was set up a partnership with three universities to produce a new national journal made in Adelaide to support the state’s literary infrastructure.

It’s so great seeing the first edition of the journal, Splinter, out in the world splinterjournal.com
Jess’ floating hand is holding a copy of the magazine. It’s a matte cover with a hazy red circle covering the title “Splinter” with the text “are these really the limits of our imagination”
November 22, 2024 at 6:42 AM
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newcastle baths 🖤
November 17, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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Remember how Bill Callahan recently got really into Murnane
Interview with Bill Callahan in Tone Glow substack. Bill says: The fiction that most blew my mind lately—and this is after years of wanting to have my mind blown again by fiction—was one by an Australian guy, Gerald Murnane. I saw it in a bookstore and I liked the cover, but I kept thinking about it because it had this cool cover, so I went back and got it. Sometimes you just know. He has his own style of writing that’s as unique as Samuel Beckett’s, though it’s unique to him. He’s not for everybody. And I hate to keep using this word, but he can be quite abstract. It’s called Stream System (2018). It’s the most original thing I’ve read in years.
November 13, 2024 at 5:45 AM