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The Blue Corner
The Blue Corner is where fierce, fresh writing lives. Here, in The Blue Corner you’ll find opinions, news, feasts for the eyes and beauty for the ears. All the things you need to go down swinging.
DJ Whelan wraps up the party+
We knew the warehouse party for our No. 34 all-digital edition was going to be big. That’s why we asked DJ...
Finding the words (post-birth)+
Writer and past Going Down Swinging editor Jessica Friedmann reflects on birth, language, and the wavering world. I’ve lost words....
AUDIO: Kevin Brophy reads from ‘A Small Boy’+
Last week, Professor Kevin Brophy read an excerpt from his Blue Corner piece, ‘A Small Boy: Don’t be scared to...
Spoken Wordsters: Emilie Zoey Baker+
Alicia Sometimes seeks out the most exciting spoken word artists in the land for your reading/listening pleasure. THE OFFICIAL BIO...
Why do you write poetry? – joanne burns+
Once a month I travel this wide brown be-girted land and beyond, seeking answers to the seductively simple question, “Why...
Joelistics joins the party+
Jetsetter and hip hop poet Joelistics is back in town and ready to ear-punch everyone tonight at our No. 34 warehouse...
The Writing Life: All aboard the poetry bus+
In both its media and creative guises, the writing life has taken me on some fascinating journeys. I followed Tasmanian...
The Swinger Files: Simon+
Ever wondered who’s behind Going Down Swinging anyway? Who reads your submissions? Who likes them? Who doesn’t? What these people...
Spoken Wordsters: Luka Lesson+
Alicia Sometimes seeks out the most exciting spoken word artists in the land for your reading/listening pleasure. THE OFFICIAL BIO...
The Swinger Files: Katia+
Ever wondered who’s behind Going Down Swinging anyway? Who reads your submissions? Who likes them? Who doesn’t? What these people...
in a silent way+
when he finished work he saw how lovely it was to deal with the end of autumn, to walk out...
Why do you write poetry? – alicia sometimes+
Once a month, on behalf of The Blue Corner, I sidle up to a poet, much like The Salesman sidles...
The Swinger Files: Emily+
Ever wondered who’s behind Going Down Swinging anyway? Who reads your submissions? Who likes them? Who doesn’t? What these people...
A Small Boy: Don’t be scared to be scared+
I am thinking of a small boy in the early 1960s, living in an outer suburb of Melbourne. The boy...
A Real Good Catch+
He real nice this one. Want you to meet him. This one he real good to me. I’m happy. Real...
The Swinger Files: Bhakthi+
Ever wondered who’s behind Going Down Swinging anyway? Who reads your submissions? Who likes them? Who doesn’t? What these people...
Dress Young+
Here’s a poem from the archives of David Prater’s brilliant blog, Davey Dreamnation. DRESS YOUNG you dress young but then...
Why do you write poetry? – Paul K. Tunis+
Once a month I pose a deceptively simple question to various practitioners of the poetic arts, i.e.: “Why DO you...
The Writing Life: How to make a buck in the henhouse+
So The Monthly’s editor, John van Tiggelen, recently made public his spat with former editor (now Good Weekend editor) Ben...
AUDIO: Excerpts from Jas H. Duke+
We’ve done some digging and have dusted off our very special 1993 tribute CD to Jas H. Duke (1939-1992), inspired...
Recording high speech+
Poetry, first of all, was and still must be, a musical form. It is speech musicked. It, to be most...
Crime Factory’s double debut+
“If I have any appeal at all, it’s to the fellow who takes out the garbage,” said tough guy film...
How to get teenagers interested in poetry+
“Today,” I announce enthusiastically to a school hall full of fidgeting Year 8s, 9s and 10s, “we are going to...
Hettie Jones: Writing behind Beats & bars+
Last year I wrote a fan letter to poet, writer, teacher and Beat chick Hettie Jones. I’d just finished reading...
Why do you write poetry? – Kevin Brophy+
Once a month, writer, comic artist and past Going Down Swinging editor Adam Ford will track down a poet and...
The Writing Life: The Switcheroo+
Every three weeks, seven-time Going Down Swinging contributor Paul Mitchell will provide insight into the practicalities of a writing life:...
Making a poo-brown movie poster+
Cartoonist writer and zine maker Pat Grant shows us how to make a stunning poo-brown movie poster. Bernard and Dan...
Going Down Swinging hits Chuvash shelves+
Photo / Zina Lebedeva There were no Christmas trees at Valery Petrovskiy’s reading party at the National Library of Chuvash...
‘Angie Hart made me want to move to Melbourne’: Stories of loving a local singer+
Kill Your Darlings’ Julia Tulloh writes on Angie Hart’s commissioned performance at the Going Down Swinging Issue #33 launch in September 2012....
Eric Paul Shaffer: GDS, ‘A Million-Dollar Bill’, and Me+
With GDS Digital Edition #34 about to bring a whole new bunch of artists to our door, we got to...
Neil Boyack: Storytelling and Self Help+
Photo / Steffen Pedersen From storytelling to social work, rural Victorian writer Neil Boyack is a man with a fair...
The Meditations Part VIII: Emilie Zoey Baker on ‘Fuck You, Glee’+
The Meditations is a curated series of reflections on writing and storytelling from contributors to the thirty-third issue of Going Down...
The Meditations Part VII: Eric Yoshiaki Dando on ‘The Novel Teacher’+
The Meditations is a curated series of reflections on writing and storytelling from contributors to the thirty-third issue of Going Down...
Humouring Jesus: Santangelo + Hall+
Designers Elise Santangelo and Stuart Hall don’t believe in Jesus. “I believe in karma,” says Elise. “I really like dogs,”...
The Meditations Part VI: Daniel East on ‘I Used to be a Young Poet’+
The Meditations is a curated series of reflections on writing and storytelling from contributors to the thirty-third issue of Going Down...
The Meditations Part V: Melissa Howard on ‘The Beginner’s Guide to Travelling With Children’+
The Meditations is a curated series of reflections on writing and storytelling from contributors to the thirty-third issue of Going Down...
The Meditations Part IV: Anne M. Carson on ‘The Limits of Goodwill’+
The Meditations is a curated series of reflections on writing and storytelling from contributors to the thirty-third issue of Going Down...
The Meditations Part III: Rafael SW on ‘Deep Throat Jesus’+
The Meditations is a curated series of reflections on writing and storytelling from contributors to the thirty-third issue of Going Down...
The Meditations Part II: Valery Petrovskiy on ‘Sharm el-Sheikh’+
The Meditations is a curated series of reflections on writing and storytelling from contributors to the thirty-third issue of Going Down...