Richard James Allen

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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 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).[1]

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.

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  • Allen, Richard James (2006). The kamikaze mind. Blackheath, N.S.W., Australia: Brandl & Schlesinger, 157 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. ISBN 1876040718. 
  • Allen, Richard James (c1995). The air dolphin brigade. Brooklyn, N.S.W: Paper Bark Press in association with Tasdance, 88 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm. ISBN 0646266780. 
  • Allen, Richard James (c1993). Hope for a man named Jimmie ; &, Grand illusion Joe. [Wollongong] N.S.W.: Five Islands Press Associates, 90 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN 1875604073. 
  • Allen, Richard James (c1999). Thursday’s fictions. Wollongong, NSW: Five Islands Press, v, 120 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN 0864185960. 
  • Allen, Richard James (c1989). To the ocean ; &, Scheherazade. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 160 p. ; 20 cm. ISBN 0868063967. 
  • Allen, Richard James (c1986). The way out at last & other poems. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 111 p. ; 23 cm. ISBN 0868062499 (pbk.), ISBN 0868062480 (hbk.). 
  • Allen, Richard James (1995). What to name your baby. Launceston, Tas.: Paper Bark Press in association with Tasdance, 40 p. : ports. ; 21 cm. ISBN 0646237470. 

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  1. ^ Physical TV