Sarah Holland-Batt

Broschiertes Buch

Fishing for Lightning

The Spark of Poetry

Beschreibung

"Fishing for Lightning gathers together acclaimed poet and critic Sarah Holland-Batt's celebrated columns on contemporary Australian poetry. In fifty illuminating and lively short essays on fifty poets, Holland-Batt offers a masterclass in how to read and love poetry, opening up the music of language, form, and poetic technique in her casual and conversational yet deeply intelligent style"--Publisher's description.

Autor

Sarah Holland-Batt is an award-winning poet, editor, and critic, and an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at QUT. Her first book, Aria (UQP, 2008), was the recipient of a number of national literary awards, including the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, the Judith Wright Poetry Prize, and the Anne Elder Award, and was shortlisted in both the New South Wales and Queensland Premiers' Literary Awards for Poetry. Her second book, The Hazards (UQP, 2015), won the 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry, and was shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize in the New South Wales Premier.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780702263378
• ISBN-10: 0702263370
• Artikelnr.: 62605350