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The Frontline by Andrew Burke
[Above] Photo of Andrew Burke by Deb Morrison, 2001.
Andrew Burke
About the Poet Andrew Burke
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Andrew Burke is an Australian poet who has lived most of his life on the west coast in Perth. In his teens, Burke read Kerouac and Ginsberg and other 'Beat' writers, and they gained his interest more than the Hardy and company he was studying at school. He started to ape their style in all he wrote, and published his first short story at 18. He has written on a daily basis ever since - stories, plays, poems, and - to feed wife and children - ads and videos, annual reports and press releases. Since 1990, Burke has taught creative writing and allied subjects at universities, TAFE colleges and writing centres. He is presently (2004) a PhD candidate at Edith Cowan University, writing a novel and an exegesis on post-modern styles in prose writing. Burke has published six books of poetry; Let's Face the Music and Dance (Peter Jeffery, 1975), On the Tip of my Tongue (FACP, 1983), Mother Waits for Father Late (FACP, 1992), Pushing at Silence (SALT, 1996), Whispering Gallery (Sunline Press, 2001), and Knock on Wood (Picaro Press, 2003). He has read and compered readings from Singapore to Wagga Wagga. To add to the opportunities for Australian writers, Andrew Burke started Smokebush Press in 2004. The press was launched with a collection of poems and stories by Australian composer, Ross Bolleter, entitled All the Iron Night (Smokebush, 2004). |
[Above] Photo of Andrew Burke by Deb Morrison, 2001.
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