Catching the Light - Edgar, Suzanne
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Catching the Light is Suzanne Edgar's fourth collection of poetry. In it, this 'intelligent, inventive and gifted poet continues her daring discoveries and explorations' (Les Murray) of both the light and the darker sides of life. When reviewing The Love Procession (2012), the late Peter Pierce praised Edgar's `intense, melodious, carefully crafted, rewarding performance' (Canberra Times, 2013). In the American magazine Antipodes (2014), John Beston's overview of her poetry concluded, 'her most important contribution to Australian literature and to world literature in general lies in her love…mehr

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Catching the Light is Suzanne Edgar's fourth collection of poetry. In it, this 'intelligent, inventive and gifted poet continues her daring discoveries and explorations' (Les Murray) of both the light and the darker sides of life. When reviewing The Love Procession (2012), the late Peter Pierce praised Edgar's `intense, melodious, carefully crafted, rewarding performance' (Canberra Times, 2013). In the American magazine Antipodes (2014), John Beston's overview of her poetry concluded, 'her most important contribution to Australian literature and to world literature in general lies in her love poetry…her books belong alongside the outstanding women poets…in Australia: Judith Wright, Gwen Harwood and Rosemary Dobson'. Readers of Catching the Light will not be disappointed.
Autorenporträt
Suzanne Edgar is a versatile Canberra writer. She has published successful short fiction, essays, and literary criticism in addition to much well-received poetry. Suzanne was on the editorial staff of the Australian Dictionary of Biography, to which she has contributed fifty-three articles. Her poems have been included in Best Australian Poems, Black Inc., 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2015. Her short fiction: Canberra Tales (with Seven Writers), Penguin, 1988, reprinted as The Division of Love, Penguin, 1995; Counting Backwards, UQP, 1991. Her poetry books: The Painted Lady (Indigo, 2006, reprinted 2007); The Love Procession, Ginninderra Press, 2012 (both books were short-listed for the ACT Writing & Publishing Awards); Still Life (Picaro Press, 2012).