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Mal Morgan

Mal Morgan (1935-1999) was an Australian poet. He convened the La Mama poetry readings at La Mama Theatre in Carlton from 1985 to 1991 and directed the Montsalvat National Poetry and Song Festival from 1991 to 1993. His publications included: Poemsstones (1976), Statues Don't Bleed (1984), A Handshake with the Moon (1987), Once Father and God (1992), Throwaway Moon: New and selected poems (1995), and Beautiful Veins (1999).

Mal Morgan reviews 'No Collars No Cuffs' by Geoff Goodfellow and 'The Bay of Salamis and Other Poems' by John Bray

February–March 1986, no. 78 • 01 February 1986
No Collars No Cuffs, plenty of fisticuffs, and you’ll probably get K.O.’d by all this, after a round or two of three or four poems each. You may need someone in your corner to bolster you, for as Geoff Good­fellow writes in ‘Skin Deep’, a women’s prison poem: Prison lawns are manicured            rose bushes pruneda photographer’s dream    ... (read more)