The Best Australian Poetry 2008

Author: David Brooks

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Price : $24.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780702236549
Publisher : University of Queensland Press
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Weight (g) : 0.184
Publication date : October 2008
Dimensions : 198mm X 129mm
Produced in : Australia
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Author : David Brooks
Series : Best Australian Poetry Ser.
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"The Best Australian Poetry" celebrates the vibrancy and force of contemporary poetry in Australia.Guest editor David Brooks, a much admired poet in his own right, has put together a rich selection of powerful poems - elegant meditations, rapid sketches, and social commentaries - written by both emerging talents and established poets.Broad in the variety of poets and poetic styles, this superb volume is as surprising in its diversity as it is pleasurable to read.

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David Brooks is a highly regarded novelist, essayist, and poet whose work has been widely anthologized and translated into several languages.

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