Pam Brown, Missing up and Allan—whether those readers be

and Allan—whether those readers be in Asia

Career follows 2004's Popular Mechanics

Pooja Mittal Biswas

Peter Ramm’s first collection is simultaneously an exploration of inheritance

” — David McCooey

Pam Brown, Missing up and Allan—whether those readers beWinner of the John Bray Poetry Award in the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature These offbeat, fragmentary yet often discursive poems were written over three years up to spring 2015. In part, they epitomize the absurdities of contemporary materialism. Pam Brown's well practised scepticism dismantles monumental intent and splices the remains into a shrewd melange of imagery and thoughtful lyric complemented by playfulness. For Pam writing