State of Origin
When David was a kid, he thought he knew everything – especially about his pesky and annoying siblings who kept popping up out of…
A Crooked Stile
A Crooked Stile takes a slantwise leap over the everyday, a fencer’s delight in parry and parody. Starting out from an almost out-of-body consideration…
Everyday Words & Creative Practice: Ten Australian Poets in Conversation
Australia needs to appreciate its poets — what they think, how they work, how they conceive of creativity, and the extent to which their…
Poems Far and Wide
This very lively collection contains a wide sweep of poems, many of them prize-winning, taking readers on a remarkable journey. Some look to the…
Dear Muses? Essays in Poetry
Does it make sense to invoke the Muses today? Few of us believe our poems will be better for praying to stola-clad women sitting…
The Tomb of the Unknown Artist
These poems are unflinching in the face of death, yet filled with the delights of living, from a potato harvest to a walk beside…
The Bruise of Knowing
This is an important and timely book from a mature, perspicacious voice. Phyllis Perlstone shows us a Monash behind the image on the $100…
Elegy for Emily
The short but remarkable career of American jazz guitarist, Emily Remler (1957-1990), ended with her death, amid still-disputed circumstances, in Sydney in 1990 while…
The Contemptuary
Monasteries and gaols: David Foster reflects that during the course of his life the monasteries have emptied while the gaols are doing nicely. Set…
Brief Garden
Like its precursor Barnacle Rock, Brief Garden is a collection of poems largely concerned with environmental degeneration and loss. The title poem deals with…
