Summary
Following his acclaimed exploration of disability in Human Looking, the poems in Andy Jackson’s new collection Askew widen the lens, to feel their way into the impairments of our ecologies and our dialogues. How might our world itself be disabled? How can we live together within this reality?
These poems use an array of established and invented forms – sonnet, pantoum, erasure, prose poem, ghazal, cento and more – turning them to unusual effect under the pressure of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923106772 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1923106775 |
| Author: | Andy Jackson |
| Publisher: | Giramondo Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Giramondo Publishing Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 118g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 149mm x 209mm |
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Andy Jackson
Andy Jackson’s first collection, Among the Regulars, was shortlisted for the 2011 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry. In 2020, his collection Music Our Bodies Can’t Hold was shortlisted for the John Bray Poetry Award. His 2022 collection Human Looking won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry and the ALS Gold Medal, and was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.
Jackson has featured at literary events and arts festivals in Ireland, India, the USA, and across Australia. He has co-edited disability-themed issues of the literary journals Southerly and Australian Poetry Journal. Jackson works as a creative writing teacher and tutor for community organisations and universities.
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