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Christine Churches

The Orange Tree: South Australian poetry to the present day edited by K.F. Pearson and Christine Churches

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February–March 1986, no. 78
Barbara Giles reviews 'The Orange Tree: South Australian poetry to the present day' edited by K.F. Pearson and Christine Churches

Anthologists face more than one dilemma of choice, beside that of personal preference. Is it better to show more of fewer poets, and give a true picture of their qualities and scope, to range widely across the landscape of the art, or reach a compromise between these methods? There are excellent anthologies in each genre.

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