Australian Poetry since 1788
UNSW Press, $69.95 hb, 1090 pp, 9781747232638
Australian Poetry since 1788 edited by Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray
Stumbling round the house absent-mindedly or in the off-hours, I wonder where the economy-sized fish tank came from; or the dictionary of some unexpectedly eloquent Oceanian language; or the errant slab of copper sulphate (did some friend or enemy leave it?). Then I remember that it’s the new Australian poetry anthology I am reviewing, the thick end of 1100 large pages – is it the format called royal? or republican?! – and I am in for another round of sleeplessness. It is even possible that, in the United States, I have read and written about the book mostly on Australian time.
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Australian Poetry since 1788
edited by Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray
UNSW Press, $69.95 hb, 1090 pp, 9781747232638
