“Forgive the Aborigines, the Jews, women, and God”: The conclusion of Les Murray’s “Fredy Neptune” (1999). #111Words #LesMurray #FredyNeptune #VerseNovel #Poetry #Novel #Literature #Forgiveness https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/05/forgive-aborigines-jews-women-and-god.html

Marlene Dietrich and cinematographer Karl Freund in Les Murray’s “Fredy Neptune” (1999). #111Words #LesMurray #FredyNeptune #MarleneDietrich #KarlFreund #VerseNovel #Poetry #Film #Cinema https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/04/marlene-dietrich-and-cinematographer.html

C. J. Dennis's "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke", Raymond Longford's "The Sentimental Bloke", and Les Murray's "Fredy Neptune". #111Words #LesMurray #FredyNeptune #CJDennis #TheSongsOfASentimentalBloke #RaymondLongford #TheSentimentalBloke #VerseNovels #Poetry https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/02/c-j-denniss-songs-of-sentimental-bloke.html

to prove their point, to save their world, they would kill me. / I had shared with them what I owned most: a story / they could never tell, any more than I could tell it, / one they couldn't report, nor forget, nor stop wanting to tell it. (Les Murray, "Fredy Neptune") #Poetry #VerseNovels #LesMurray #FredyNeptune

"It seems the Bolsheviks are starving all his people to death": The Ukrainian famine in Les Murray's "Fredy Neptune" (1999). #111Words #FredyNeptune #LesMurray #Ukraine #Famine #Poetry #VerseNovel https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2022/12/it-seems-bolsheviks-are-starving-all.html

"All the people in Newcastle, all on the train wore these face-masks": The Spanish flu pandemic in Les Murray's "Fredy Neptune" (1999). #111Words #LesMurray #FredyNeptune #Poetry #VerseNovel #SpanishFlu #FaceMasks #Australia #WorldWarOne https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2022/12/all-people-in-newcastle-all-on-train.html