New Selected Poems Contributor(s): Murray, Les (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374535418 ISBN-13: 9780374535414 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Australian & Oceanian - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
Dewey: 811 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.85 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A fresh selection of the finest poems--some previously uncollected--by one of our finest English-language poets Why write poetry? For the weird unemployment. your own intelligence. New Selected Poems contains Les Murray's own gathering from the full range of his poetry--from the 1960s through Taller When Prone (2004) and including previously uncollected work. |
Contributor Bio(s): Murray, Les: - Les Murray (1938-2019) was a widely acclaimed poet, recognized by the National Trust of Australia as one of the nation's treasures in 2012. He received the T. S. Eliot Prize for the Best Book of Poetry in English in 1996 for Subhuman Redneck Poems, and was also awarded the Gold Medal for Poetry presented by Queen Elizabeth II. Murray also served as poetry editor for the conservative Australian journal Quadrant from 1990-2018. His other books include Dog Fox Field, Translations from the Natural World, Fredy Neptune: A Novel in Verse, Learning Human: Selected Poems, Conscious and Verbal, Poems the Size of Photographs, and Waiting for the Past. |