{{Short description|1996 poetry collection by Morgan Yasbincek}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox book | | name = Night Reversing | title_orig = | translator = | image = | caption = | author = Morgan Yasbincek | cover_artist = | country = Australia | language = English | series = | genre = Poetry collection | publisher = Fremantle Press | release_date = 1996 | media_type = Print | pages = 66 pp | isbn = 1863681663 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}
'''''Night Reversing''''' is a 1996 collection of poetry by the Australian writer Morgan Yasbincek, published by Fremantle Press.<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Night Reversing'' by Morgan Yasbincek|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1362678 |access-date= 5 February 2026}}</ref>
The collection consists of 41 poems, with the bulk of them being published for the first time here.<ref name=Austlit>{{cite web|title= Austlit — ''Night Reversing'' by Morgan Yasbincek |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C105749|access-date= 5 February 2026}}</ref>
==Contents== {{div col |colwidth=20em}} * "A Hundred Years of Sleeping" * "Sleeping" * "See Me" * "Tomb" * "White Owl" * "Selvedge : I : Hiding Something" * "Selvedge : II : Orientation" * "Selvedge : III : Ghost of a Train Station" * "Selvedge : IV : It Moves Glass on Glass" * "Body Language" * "Morning" * "Death of the Angel" * "If I Could Pour Wine for You" * "Hole in the Wall" * "Laundromat" * "Jack" * "Veil" * "Father/Daughter" * "She is Teaching" * "Other Women/Other Messages" * "?" * "After Language" * "Sole Custody" * "Mercury" * "The Last of It" * "Face" * "Night Fever" * "Amphibia" * "Cows and Bulls" * "Stepfathers" * "Shame" * "Crocodiles" * "losing Open" * "A Survival Thing" * "Onymous" * "Psych Rats" * "Izzie's Dog" * "Stories" * "Rottnest Resort" * "January" * "Canada Poems" {{div col end}}
==Critical reception==
Reviewing the collection for ''Australian Book Review'' Lauren Williams noted the "shadowy partialness of many of Yasbincek’s poems." She went on to indicate that "there are two styles at work; one which hints and leaves things unresolved, the other which (more satisfyingly) has focus and resolution", which was enough "to indicate a poet of skill and heart."<ref>{{cite web|title="Poetry Shorts" |publisher= Australian Book Review, November 1997 |url=https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/archive/1997/361-november-1997-no-196/8063-lauren-williams-reviews-horns-of-dilemma-by-helen-brophy-our-territory-by-ludwika-amber-night-reversing-by-morgan-yasbincek-pearls-and-bullets-by-lizz-murphy|access-date= 5 February 2026}}</ref>
==Awards== * 1997 Anne Elder Award, winner<ref>{{cite web|title= Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1995-97 |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v148?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=24&count=3|access-date= 5 February 2026}}</ref> * 1997 Mary Gilmore Award, winner<ref>{{cite web|title="Mary Gilmore Award" |publisher= ASAL|url=https://www.asal.org.au/awards/mary-gilmore-award/|access-date= 5 February 2026}}</ref>
==Notes== * Epigraph: 'For the necessity of reading and being read is a dream from which we cannot awaken.' - Barbara Johnson
==See also== * 1996 in Australian literature
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