Jayne Fenton Keane is a contemporary

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and poetry performer. She is known for making innovative use of

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including

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, for publishing her poetry on the web, and for poetry performance.

Early life and education

Keane was born in the United Kingdom. At age one, she emigrated to Australia with her parents, Leslie and Linda Fenton. Keane was educated at

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, completing a BA (Hons) with her thesis, "Slamming the sonnet", and a PhD, with "Three-dimensional poetic natures". She completed a second PhD, "The Language of Ecotourism", at the

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Career

Keane has published several books of poetry and a CD recording. She is active as a

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and in multimedia poetry. ''The Transparent Lung'' was adapted for radio in collaboration with

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. Keane has received a Varuna Writers' Centre Fellowship and a grant from Queensland Arts, and has performed at festivals in Australia,

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and the

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. She is the founding and current director of National Poetry Week.

Reception of work

Liz Hall-Downs described ''The Transparent Lung'' as "intensly 'modern'", and compares Keane's progression as an poet from her previous work ''Ophelia's Codpiece'' to ''The Transparent Lung'' to

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's progression, noting the clarity of words and emotional directness.

Works

Poetry *''Fissure Blooms'' (1994) *''Torn'' (Plateau, 2000) *''Ophelia's Codpiece'' (Post Pressed, 2002) *''The Transparent Lung'' (Post Pressed, 2003) *''Nel with Cat'', an ekphrastic poem for Nel Bonte CD *''The Stalking Tongue'' (1999)

References

External links

www.poetinresidence.com
- home page

- poem, mp3 readings & interview

at thylazine.org

- essay at Philament Journal
"">"Clicklit , Cinelit & the Invisible Hand "
- essay at

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Year of birth missing (living people) Australian poets Living people Writers from Queensland Griffith University alumni University of Southern Queensland alumni British emigrants to Australia {{Australia-poet-stub