Fast, Loose Beginnings
A Memoir of Intoxications
$73.04
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2006
Summary
Fast, Loose Beginnings is a racy anecdotal memoir of John Kinsella’s meetings with the great and colourful men and women of poetry.Since his late teens, Kinsella has been rubbing shoulders and working with a host of acclaimed poets. The book opens with Kinsella on a bender in search of Dorothy Hewett, and goes on to tell the story of his friendships and massive fallings-out through the highs and lows of addiction.In this contentious account, Kinsella weaves his impressions of these figures pe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522852547 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522852548 |
| Author: | John Kinsella |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
John Kinsella
John Kinsella grew up in urban and rural areas of Western Australia. He is the author of thirty books of poetry, his volume Peripheral Light (2004) is edited by Harold Bloom for WW Norton. Kinsella is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University, and was formerly Professor of English at Kenyon College in the United States. He is a well-known poetry critic, having written for the Observer newspaper (UK) and Scotland on Sunday.
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