{"product_id":"birds-and-fish-robert-adamson-9780645536904","title":"Birds and Fish: Life on the Hawkesbury","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe final collection from the award-winning 'poet of the Hawkesbury River'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the old days I used to think art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat was purely imagined could fly higher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThan anything real. Now I feel a small fluttering\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBird in my own pulse, a connection to the sky.\u003c\/em\u003e-from 'The Kingfisher's Soul'\u003cbr\u003eIn the last year of his life, with the help of friend and poet Devin Johnston, Robert Adamson put together a selection of his writings on the natural world. \u003cem\u003eBirds and Fish\u003c\/em\u003e defines the presences in his life on the Hawkesbury River and includes excerpts from his autobiography, \u003cem\u003eInside Out\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as essays written over the years for \u003cem\u003eFishing World\u003c\/em\u003e; some prose poems; and journal excerpts related to his bowerbird Spinoza. Adamson's prose is vivid, precise, and draws on his life on the river and his poetic sensibility. The final book will include selected black and white photographs by Adamson's partner Juno Gemes.\u003cbr\u003e'[Adamson] is as deft and resourceful a craftsman as exists, and his poems move with a clarity and ease I find unique.' -Robert Creeley\u003cbr\u003e'Robert Adamson is one of Australia's national treasures.' -John Ashbery\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Adamson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0645536903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645536904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Upswell Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.30d","brand":"Robert Adamson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153080398079,"sku":"9780645536904","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83d85f58-2d51-48fc-9a00-bb8d8ed6c223.jpg?v=1770781150","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/birds-and-fish-robert-adamson-9780645536904","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}