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About the Author

Michael Sharkey, editor of the Australian Poetry Journal and author of more than a dozen collections of poems, is a former Associate Professor of Literature and Communication Studies at the University of New England (Armidale, NSW) and Chair (1993-2012) of the New England Writers Centre. Gordon mostrar mais Collier, co-editor of the book series Cross/Cultures and the African studies journal Matatu, has also edited or co-edited several critical collections on postcolonial literatures and has published widely in the same field, including a study of Patrick White and an edition of Derek Walcott's journalism. mostrar menos

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The Best Australian Poems 2011 (2011) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
The Best Australian Poems 2017 (2017) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares

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Clive James has said that writing poetry was mainly a matter of making phrases. I don't think he'd disagree with the argument that it also needs structure, possibly even syntax and punctuation, maybe something you could call heart or mind. Michael Sharkey's poems in this book have all these qualities -- no verbal equivalent to action painting here, no automatic writing or L.A.N.G.U.A.G.E (not that I actually know what that is). This book's got phrases! it's got syntax! it's got colour and movement and a finely controlled tone! It generally communicates its meanings clearly enough that when there's a typo (I only noticed one) you can tell it's not intentional language-torture. The satirical bits are a little misanthropic for my taste, but at one point I caught myself wishing I'd read these poems 20 years ago, because then I had a reasonable chance of remembering some of them.
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Obras
21
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2
Membros
90
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#205,795
Avaliação
½ 3.5
Críticas
1
ISBN
15

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