Rob A. Mackenzie: De-Cabbage Yourself! Tour
Rob A. Mackenzie: The Opposite of Cabbage
The De-Cabbage Yourself Tour
Throughout this collection, opposites collide — reality and delusion, political activism and apathy, friend and enemy, life and death. Messiahs parachute themselves to disused northern fairgrounds, a woman diets until practically invisible, trained apes teach a colony of drunks how to dance, a bingo night fuels familial despair and love, and an airborne cabbage blasts a cyclist into orbit. With precision of language and a colourful, anarchic spirit, Mackenzie’s poems focus on their subjects with humanity and hard-won compassion. They have a light touch, but are never trivial. They are for readers who trust that questions are rarely simple and answers never final. Ironic and humorous, complex and engaging, you can’t do without The Opposite of Cabbage.
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| 1 | 1 June 2009 | Nic Sebastian: Very Like a Whale |
| 2 | 8 June 2009 | Marion McCready: Poetry in Progress |
| 3 | 15 June 2009 | Ivy Alvarez: Dumbfoundry |
| 4 | 22 June 2009 | Nicolette Bethel: Scavella’s Blogsphere |
| 5 | 29 June 2009 | Claire Askew: One Night Stanzas |
| 6 | 16 July 2009 | Bernardine Evaristo: Bernardine Evaristo’s Blog |
| 7 | 20 July 2009 | Anna Dickie: My (Elastic) Gap Year |
| 8 | 27 July 2009 | Barbara Smith: Barbara’s Bleeuugh! |
| 9 | 3 August 2009 | Michelle McGrane: Peony Moon |
| 10 | 10 August 2009 | Nic Sebastian: Very Like a Whale (Part two) |
| 11 | 17 August 2009 | Jee Leong Koh: Song of a Reformed Headhunter |
June 1st, 2009 at 4:20 pm
[...] « Rob A. Mackenzie: De-Cabbage Yourself! Tour [...]
June 1st, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Looking forward to it, Rob.
I’m off to Very Like A Whale now.
June 16th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
[...] ignoramus that doesnt know poetry from a cabbage Jump to Comments That’s “The Opposite of Cabbage,” on [...]
June 20th, 2009 at 8:32 am
[...] be Nicolette Bethel’s Scavella’s Blogsphere. For full tour details take a look at the De-Cabbage Yourself! Cyclone page and to read more about Rob and The Opposite of Cabbage visit his Salt author page. Do [...]
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
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July 4th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
[...] The Ambulance Box — and by the same publisher, Salt — The Opposite of Cabbage is currently on tour, and today One Night Stanzas is receiving a [...]
August 3rd, 2009 at 5:07 am
[...] been following Rob’s book tour and want to catch up on his interviews, do check out his previous hosts. Rob’s next tour stop is Nic Sebastian’s Very Like A Whale on 10 August [...]