Fishing for Lightning: The Spark of Poetry by Holland-Batt, Sarah

Fishing for Lightning: The Spark of Poetry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780702263378)

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Fishing for Lightning: The Spark of Poetry by Holland-Batt, Sarah

Fishing for Lightning: The Spark of Poetry

$23.99
Fishing for Lightning: The Spark of Poetry by Holland-Batt, Sarah

Fishing for Lightning: The Spark of Poetry

$23.99
Format: Paperback
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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. From the villanelle to the verse novel, the readymade and the remix to the sonnet, Holland-Batt's essays range across the breadth of contemporary poetry, but also delve into the richness of poetic and literary history, connecting the contemporary to the ancient. Dazzling in its erudition, but always accessible and entertaining, Fishing for Lightning convinces us of the power of poetry to change our lives.

Author: Sarah Holland-Batt
ISBN-10: 0702263370
ISBN-13: 9780702263378
Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
Language: English
Published: 12/28/2021
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
By Sarah Holland-Batt
By Sarah Holland-Batt
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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.

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