Ken Bolton (born 1949) is an Australian poet. He was born in

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and studied fine arts at the

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, where he also tutored. In the late 70s he edited the poetry magazine ''Magic Sam'' and began the small press Sea Cruise Books with Anna Couani. His first book of poems, ''Four Poems'', was published in 1977. In 1982 he moved to

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to work at the Experimental Art Foundation. He has since edited the literary magazine ''

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'' and collaborated with poet John Jenkins on a number of books of poetry. His ''Selected Poems'' was published by Penguin in 1992 and in 2005 Wakefield Press published his monograph on the contemporary sculptor Michelle Nikou. His collection (''At The Flash & At The Baci'', 2006) has been described as "prov ngto us that Ken Bolton is a prime example of a poet breaking new ground in Australian poetry." His 2019 book, ''Salute'', was shortlisted for the 2022

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John Bray Poetry Award.

Bibliography

Poetry

;Collections and chapbooks * Limited edition of 300 copies. * ''Blonde & French''. (Island, 1978) * ''Talking to You: Poems 1978-1981''. (Rigmarole, 1983) * ''Blazing Shoes''. (Open Dammit, 1984) * ''Airborne dogs'', With John Jenkins. (Brunswick Hills, 1988) * ''The Ferrara Poems'', With John Jenkins. (Experimental Art Foundation, 1989) * ''Two poems''. (Experimental Art Foundation, 1990) * ''Selected Poems''. (Penguin, 1992) * ''Untimely Meditations & Other Poems''. (Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 1997) * ''At The Flash & At The Baci''. (Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2006) * ''The Circus''. (Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2006) * ''A Whistled Bit of Bop''. (Vagabond Press, Sydney, 2010) * ''Sly Mongoose''. (Puncher & Wattmann, Sydney, 2011) * ''Selected Poems, 1975—2010''. (Shearsman Press, Bristol, UK, 2012) * ''Threefer''. (Puncher & Wattmann, Sydney, 2013) * ''London journal London poem or "Pendant"''(Vagabond Press, Sydney, 2015) * ''Lonnie's Lament''. (Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2017) * ''Species of Spaces''. (Shearsman Press, Bristol, UK, 2017) * ''Starting at Basheer's''. (Vagabond Press, Sydney, 2018) * ''Salute''. (Puncher & Wattmann, Sydney, 2019)

Non fiction

* ''Michelle Nikou''. (Wakefield, 2005) * ''Art Writing: Art in Adelaide in the 1990s and 2000s''. (CACSA, 2009)

Critical studies and reviews of Bolton's work

;''Salute'' *

Notes

References

External links

Ken Bolton Contents Page
at Australian Literature Resources (poems etc.)

at Big Bridge

at Sport Magazine

at

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The duck at the top of the stairs
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