Now-Then
New and Selected Poems
$29.13
- Paperback
194 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2025
Summary
Prove that you are a human. Do something lovely or vicious or both.
‘A rare and memorable poetry that shines with colour and sensation. But also a poetry of sharp insight, wit and resistance.’ - Tom Shapcott
‘Few fully appreciate his range and uniqueness as a poet living both in the Australian mindscape, and distinctly outside it … Ladd is an iconoclast and an icon-maker all at once.’ - John Kinsella
‘While the poetry always retains …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923388215 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1923388215 |
| Author: | Mike Ladd |
| Publisher: | Wakefield Press |
| Imprint: | Wakefield Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 194 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm |
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About The Author
Mike Ladd
Mike Ladd was born in 1959 in Berkeley California to Australian parents and grew up at Blackwood in the Adelaide Hills. Mike is a poet, essayist and reviewer. He has published ten collections of poetry and prose, including the natural history haibun Karrawirra Parri: Walking the Torrens from source to sea (Wakefield Press, 2012) and Dream Tetras (Wakefield Press, 2022) an experimental collaboration with visual artist Cathy Brooks. Mike worked for ABC Radio for nearly forty years, firstly as a sound engineer and then as a producer of dramas and documentaries. He was the editor of Radio National’s Poetica program, which brought Australian and international poetry to a wide audience.
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