Richard James Allen

Richard James Allen (born 1960) is a contemporary Australian poet, dancer and filmmaker. The former Artistic Director of the Poets Union Inc, and founding director of the [http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/30340/20020827-0000/members.ozemail.com.au/_poetinc/Poetry_festival.htm Australian Poetry Festival] , Richard was Co-Artistic Director with Karen Pearlman of That Was Fast (New York City) and Tasdance (Launceston), and now at The Physical TV Company (Sydney). [ [http://www.physicaltv.com.au/PhysicalTv_491_1071_3_0.html Physical TV ] ]

Richard James Allen recently published his ninth book, "The Kamikaze Mind", and received the 2006 University of Technology, Sydney Chancellor's Award for Best Ph.D Thesis. A multi-award-winning film adaptation of his previous book, the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry-nominated "Thursday's Fictions", has also been produced. This surreal dance fantasy also has a Second Life presence, "Thursday's Fictions in Second Life".

Books

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title = The kamikaze mind
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year = 2006
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publisher = Brandl & Schlesinger
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pages = 157 p. : ill. ; 18 cm
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title = The air dolphin brigade
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year = c1995
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publisher =Paper Bark Press in association with Tasdance
location = Brooklyn, N.S.W
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pages = 88 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm
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title = Hope for a man named Jimmie ; &, Grand illusion Joe
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date = c1993
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title = Thursday’s fictions
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pages = v, 120 p. ; 21 cm
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title = To the ocean ; &, Scheherazade
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year = c1989
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pages = 160 p. ; 20 cm
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title = The way out at last & other poems
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date = c1986
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pages = 111 p. ; 23 cm
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title = What to name your baby
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date = 1995
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publisher = Paper Bark Press in association with Tasdance
location = Launceston, Tas.
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External links

* [http://www.physicaltv.com.au The Physical TV Company]
* [http://www.thekamikazemind.com "The Kamikaze Mind"]
* [http://www.artmedia.com.au/performancescripts.htm "Performing The Unnameable: An Anthology of Australian Performance Texts"]
* [http://www.australiadancing.org/apps/ad?action=ViewSubject&id=1&resourceType=All Richard James Allen article at Australia Dancing]
* [http://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/85206 The Physical TV Company Website selected for preservation by the National Library of Australia on Pandora, Australia's Web Archive]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/PhysicalTV The Physical TV Channel on YouTube]

References

* [http://www.u.uts.edu.au/index.lasso?-token.recid=34131&-token.index=story&-token.date=No%2004%3A%2026%20May%20-%206%20June%202006&-Nothing U: No 04: 26 May - 6 June 2006 – Review by Jaine P Stockler of "The Kamikaze Mind"]
* [http://jacketmagazine.com/33/seton-allen.shtml Jacket (magazine) 33 — July 2007 – "The Exhilaration and Anxiety of Free Fall" – Dr Mark Seton reviews "The Kamikaze Mind" by Richard James Allen]
* [http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2007/10/18/thursdays-fictions/ Second Life Insider, October 18th 2007 Thursday's Fictions, by Tateru Nino]