Subhuman Redneck Poems

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Author:

Murray, Les

ISBN:

978-0-374-27155-8

Publication Date:

Apr 1997

Publisher:

Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

USD $18.00

Book Description:

In this collection of poems, farmers, fathers, poverty-stricken pioneers, and people blackened by the grist of the sugar mills are exposed to the blazing midday sun of Murray's linguistic powers. Richly inventive, tenderly perceptive, and fiercely honest, these poems surprise and bare the human in all of us.

Book Details

Pages:	103
Detailed Subjects:	Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5.5 x 8.5 x 0.44 Inches
Book Weight:	0.638 Pounds

Author Biography

Murray, Les (Author)

Les Murray has published some thirty books. His work is studied in schools and universities around Australia and has been translated into several foreign languages. In 1996 he was awarded the T.S. Eliot Prize for poetry, in 1998 the Queen's Gold Medal for poetry, and in 2004 the Mondello Prize. His most recent collections of work include The Biplane Houses, Fredy Neptune, Selected Poems, Collected Poems, Killing the Black Dog, and Taller When Prone. He was recognized for his poetry collection, Waiting for the Past, which was awarded the Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection in the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards 2015 and the 2016 Adelaide Festival Award for Poetry's John Bray Poetry Award.

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