Prickly Moses
poems
$100.00
- Hardcover
72 pages
- Release Date
16 January 2024
Summary
Prickly Moses: Where Worlds Collide in Verse
An uncanny blend of the external and the intimate has been a hallmark of Simon West’s poetry for nearly twenty years. In this new collection, the Australian poet and Italianist delights in the transforming and endlessly varied powers of naming and speaking.
West’s intensely regional focus stands in dialogue with Europe and antiquity. Landscapes reveal the tangle of their historical dimensions, as the rivers of both the Goulburn Va…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691250922 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691250928 |
| Series: | Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets |
| Author: | Simon West |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 72 |
| Release Date: | 16 January 2024 |
| Weight: | 666g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm |
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Critics Review
“West finds inspiration for his gorgeously detailed poems in the figures and likenesses of nature: a eucalyptus twists ‘like wrist joints in an artist’s portfolio,’ new growth catches ‘the light like a crowd / of scimitars in the breeze.’ The Australian poet’s formally engaged, often rhyming verse—sonnets, couplets—reveals a mind nurtured in a Mediterranean climate of classicism.”—David Woo, Literary Hub“It is a handsome book in a distinguished series.”—Martin Duwell, Australian Poetry Review
About The Author
Simon West
Simon West is the author of four previous collections of poetry, including Carol and Ahoy and The Ladder, which was shortlisted for the Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. He is also the author of Dear Muses?Essays in Poetry and the editor and translator of The Selected Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.
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