Jacket 3 — April 1998 — Contents page
John Forbes Feature
John Forbes
Editor’s note: This issue of Jacket is dedicated to the memory of John Forbes, who died suddenly at his home in Melbourne on 23 January 1998. He was a subtle, ironic and brilliant poet, wholly dedicated to his art. In this issue: some poems by John, some photos, Gig Ryan’s eulogy, a review of his last book, and some poems by his friends. — J.T.
— poem: ‘Dean Martin’s definition of happiness’
Gig Ryan — i.m. John Forbes (with ‘Love Poem’ by John Forbes)
See also Jacket 26 for Ken Bolton’s 20-page Introduction to the poetry of John Forbes
Announcement of the April 1998 Cambridge Conference of Contemporary Poetry, including the John Forbes memorial reading
A report from Bernardo Soares is available in Jacket 4.
Poems
Getting Ready for the Nautical Poetry Party
Andrea Brady
Tom Clark
Johanna Drucker
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Mark Ford
Peter Gizzi
Kris Hemensley
Michele Leggott
Joel Lewis
Harry Mathews
Drew Milne
Ron Padgett
Hugh Tolhurst
John Wilkinson
Prose
Interview — Noel King talks to Russell Chatham of Clark City Press, Montana
Drew Milne reviews — John Wilkinson’s Sarn Helen
John Tranter reviews — Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa by Charles Nicholl
John Tranter — ‘Thank God for the Bourgeoisie’
Eliot Weinberger on the lost Chilean poet Omar Cáceres
Knick-knacks
Great Moments in Literature # 3: Metamorphic diathermal annealing, 1943
Jacket’s Photo Tip # 1
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