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At the Bottom of It, Pain Callie tries to give the fish a good death, short and sharp, severing the brain stem. Pithing - like the sound a cherry makes when you extract the pip. Some things are instinct like spitting out what cracks, hard, against your teeth, or how a fusilier in the net arches its whole body like a rictus grin when the fruit is sour. Blending the language of scientific research with the language of popular culture and her familiar conversational register, Fish Work is unlike any other book of poetry currently available in Australia. This collection represents the first dedicated poetic investigation into the Great Barrier Reef in a time a climate change, paying particular attention to the far northern Great Barrier Reef, specifically Lizard Island Research Station where the poet spent several months over several years undergoing fieldwork with the scientific researchers in residence. |
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