Subhuman Redneck Poems

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Author:

Murray, Les

ISBN:

978-0-374-52538-5

Publication Date:

Mar 1998

Publisher:

Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $17.00

Book Description:

Winner of the 1996 T. S. Eliot Prize for the Best Book of Poetry in English

Joseph Brodsky once said of Les Murray: "He is, quite simply, the one by whom the language lives." In these darkly funny and deeply observantSubhuman Redneck Poems, farmers, fathers, poverty-stricken pioneers, and people blackened by the grist of sugar mills are exposed to the blazing midday sun of Murray's linguistic powers. Richly inventive, tenderly detailed, and fiercely honest, these poems...
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Book Details

Pages:	112
Detailed Subjects:	Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5.57 x 8.57 x 0.27 Inches
Book Weight:	0.33 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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