Issue 28 (October 2003): Alan Brunton

[Cover design: James Fryer]

brief
Editor: Jack Ross
Number 28 – Alan Brunton (October 2003):

Joe Wylie / Stairway to the Stars (1977) / inside front cover
Ian Prior / The Last Days of Mankind (1979) / inside back cover
Jack Ross / Editorial: In the Spirit of Crazy Horse / 3-4
Richard Killeen / Excursion poster / 5
Sally Rodwell / Excursion Production images / 6, 8, 12, 16, 18, 20, 25
Alan Brunton / The Excursion / 7-24
Michele Leggott / ‘An Egyptian day for the mandarin’: The Excursion 1982/2001 / 26
Murray Edmond / The Excursion, New York 1982 / 27-28
Alan Brunton / Their Diet Consists of Carrion / 29-33
Richard Killeen / New Hope poster / 34
Lesley Kaiser & John Barnett / Know So / 35-39 [+ 2]
Martin Edmond, Michele Leggott & Sally Rodwell / Bumper Books checklist / 40-41
Michael O’Leary & Alan Brunton / Answers to the Small Press Questionnaire / 42-43
Chris Bourke / The Commissioner for Enlightenment: AB talks to CB / 44-57
Alan Brunton / Contributions to Raucous 65 & 66 / 58-60
Martin Edmond / Lighting out for the Territory / 61-76
Barry Linton / Red Mole posters / 77 & 82
Peter Simpson / Fq: Roadman’s last Quest / 78-83
Scott Hamilton & Claudia Westmoreland / Alan Brunton and the Counterculture /84-89
Richard Taylor / On Moonshine / 90-92
Mark Pirie / Alan Brunton as Publisher; The Day A.B. died; Flâneur / 93-96
Stephen Oliver / One Night at the Duke, c.1969 / 97-98
Steve Dean / “4ab”; / 99
Ron Riddell / In El Teatro Exfanfarria / 100
Mark Young / December 6, 2002 / 101-02
Michele Leggott / I dreamed your book was written and the great So praised it / 103-04
Richard von Sturmer / Great Barrier Notes; Barrier Crossings / 105-15
Jack Ross / Review: F**k you, Faerie Queene – Alan Brunton’s Fq / 116-22
Contributor Notes / 123-24

Issue 27 (June 2003): season of the remakes

[Cover : “Vet Cemetary,” by Matt Kelly]

brief
Editor: Jack Ross
Number 27 - season of the remakes (June 2003):

May Iremonger / Endpapers
Jack Ross / Editorial / 3-4
Michael Arnold / Two Poems / 5-6
Janet Charman / televisioner / 7-19
Will Joy Christie / Poetry from Black Lagoon / 20-21
Peter Crisp / About Time / 22-27
Hamish Dewe / Three Poems / 28-29
Doc Drumheller / N + 7 / 30-31
Martin Edmond / from Terminus Motel / 32-36
Tony Green / Accumulations, Walks & Broken Chain / 37-40
Scott Hamilton / To the Moon: in Seven Easy Steps / 41
Ian Harnett / Spam Spider Hack / 42-45
Ted Jenner / The Gold Leaves / 46-53
Lesley Kaiser & John Barnett / Shrewd Move / 54
Leicester Kyle / On Birchfield Fen / 55-56
Harvey McQueen / A Nativity Week Leave Taking / 57-60
Theresia Liemlienio Marshall / yarn-spinning / 61-62
John O’Connor / The Orchid; Goblet / 63
Sugu Pillay / 1st January 2003 / 64
Mark Pirie / Two Poems – An Impression of the Sea / 65-70
Michael Radich / Prosaic Times; so-so / 71-73
Jack Ross / Anamorphoses / 74-76
K. M. Ross / Rambo; Dumped / 77-82
Kendrick Smithyman / Imitations of Neruda / 83-86
Richard Taylor / The enclosed “work” / 87-90
Richard von Sturmer / Sentient Dreams / 91-93
Lorraine West / The Yellow Room / 94-96
Peter Crisp / Letter / 97
Jack Ross / Review: Leicester Kyle, Five Anzac Liturgies / 98
Michael Shield / Review: Sugu Pillay, The Chandrasekhar Limit / 99-100
Olivia Macassey / Review: Jack Ross, Chantal’s Book / 101-102
Contributor Notes / 103-104

Issue 26 (January 2003): Smithymania

[Cover image: Michael Dean]

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Editor: Jack Ross
Number 26 - Smithymania (January 2003):

Jack Ross / Editorial / 3-4
Jack Ross / Kendrick Smithyman: A Chronology / 5-8
Jack Ross / Jack’s Hole / 9
Kendrick Smithyman / The Hole that Jack Dug / 10
Peter Simpson/ The Smithyman Papers: A Preliminary Description / 11-18
Kendrick Smithyman / Uncollected Northland Poems / 19-49
Michael Dean / Northern Portfolio / 21, 24, 30, 35, 40, 44, 48, 50
Scott Hamilton / Reading Kendrick Smithyman / 51-55
Jack Ross / The Firpo Essay / 56
Kendrick Smithyman / Beginnings, Golden Weathers, and Firpo / 57-74
Anna Jackson / Departmental Cats / 75
Heather McCann / Tale Telling and the Construction of Identity / 76-81
Grant Duncan / Hot God Speaks / 82
Mark Pirie / Kendrick Smithyman and Louis Johnson / 83-85
Bernard Gadd / Digging towards you / 86
Judith Binney / Conversations with Kendrick / 87-91
Jack Ross / Occasional Verses / 92
Kendrick Smithyman / Occasional Verses / 93
Theresia Marshall / Kendrick Smithyman / 94-100
Richard Taylor / Letter; from Chains (2) / 101-02
Margaret Edgcumbe (& Jack Ross) / Life with Kendrick / 103-09
Alexandra Smithyman / Kendrick Smithyman / 110-11
Michael Radich / Open letter to Jack Ross / 112-13
Ted Jenner / Letter / 114
Jack Ross / Review: Smithyman, Imperial Vistas Family Fictions / 115-116
Contributor Notes / 117-18

A brief index

Jack Ross. A brief index: A breakdown by issue & author of 7 years / 26 issues of brief, the magazine formerly known as: A Brief Description of the Whole World / ABDOTWW / description / ABdotWW / Ab.ww / brief. &c., December 1995 – January 2003. ISSN 1175-9313. Auckland: The Writers Group, February 2003. 48 pp.

Jack Ross. Supplement 1. A breakdown by issue & author of 3 years / 7 issues of brief, the magazine formerly known as: A Brief Description of the Whole World / ABDOTWW / description / ABdotWW / Ab.ww / brief. &c., June 2003 – May 2005. Auckland: The Writers Group, 2005. 20 pp.