David Prater is an Australian-born writer, editor and parent. His interests include mince pies, ice hockey and Joy Division.
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‘May.be’ 3
Blauw dreef de zee . . . —Herman Gorter, ‘Mei’
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‘May.be’ 2
Zóó . . . –Herman Gorter, ‘Mei’
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Film review: Convoy (1978)
The trucking film genre is apparently vast, although I suspect a great deal of the canon (I use this term verrrry loosely) suffers from the ‘straight-to-late-night-television’ effect and remains largely unwatched today. Last night I was doing some trucking research for my novel-in-progress when I came across an online reference to the 1975 song “Convoy”…
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Prairie Schooner Fusion Redux!
It’s been a long time in the making but I’m very happy to announce that the latest issue of Prairie Schooner, a literary magazine produced by the English department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, features selections from the Digital Schooner Global Fusion series, including the first ‘Fusion’ co-feature, between Prairie Schooner and Cordite Poetry Review!…
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Cordite/Prairie Schooner Fusion Editorial Redux
This editorial originally appeared in 2012 in the Cordite–Prairie Schooner Fusion issue, ‘Work’.
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Well, that didn’t last long, did it
Barely six months has passed since I last changed my WordPress theme. This week, I did it again. I don’t have much more to say about it than that, to be honest. Once more, I’ve opted for one of Anders Norén‘s beautiful, minimalist themes: Björk. Mostly for the name, actually, but also because it’s quite…
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Desert sounds: Meat Puppets II/Up On the Sun
My latest Substack instalment includes a snippet about Meat Puppets, a three-piece cowpunk band that emerged (or so it seemed) fully formed from the Arizona desert haze in the early 1980s. I first heard of the band when Kurt Cobain got founding members (and brothers) Curt and Kris Kirkwood up on stage during Nirvana’s 1993…
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‘May.be’ 1
Een nieuwe lente en een nieuw geluid . . . –Herman Gorter, ‘Mei’
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New poem published: “(OCCULUS) RIFTS”
“(OCCULUS) RIFTS” has been published online in Cordite Poetry Review.
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(It’s a Long, Long Way) From Clare to Here
“From Clare to Here” is a typical emigrant’s song, writing back to a place that no longer exists.