{"product_id":"letters-from-the-periphery-alex-skovron-9781925780833","title":"Letters from the Periphery","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe forty-eight poems that comprise Alex Skovron's seventh book-length collection, \u003cem\u003eLetters from the Periphery\u003c\/em\u003e, are populated by a variety of voices speaking across many settings - from 1960s Sydney to the cafes of today's Melbourne, from the Trojan War and Byzantine Aleppo to the dark forest of Dante's \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e, from eighteenth-century Lisbon to Vienna at the turn of the twentieth, from the American Civil War to warfronts of our time, and of the future. A richly diverse gathering, this book also marks Skovron's return to the longer poem - notably the title sequence, featuring a mysterious stalker versed in philosophy; the suite 'The Light We Convert', grounded in the world of nineteenth-century music; and the poet's translation of the opening Canto from \u003cem\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Skovron is the author of six previous collections, most recently \u003cem\u003eTowards the Equator: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems \u003c\/em\u003e(2014), shortlisted in the Prime Minister's Literary Awards. His other books include a prose novella \u003cem\u003eThe Poet \u003c\/em\u003e(2005), joint winner of the FAW Christina Stead Award for fiction, and a volume of short stories, \u003cem\u003eThe Man who Took to his Bed \u003c\/em\u003e(2017). Alex's work has been translated into several languages, and his numerous public readings include appearances in China, Serbia, India, Ireland, Macedonia, Portugal, and on Norfolk Island. He lives in Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Skovron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 192578083X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925780833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Puncher \u0026amp; Wattmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Alex Skovron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990491660543,"sku":"9781925780833","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_744408a1-a934-43f5-a8cc-46617965b8bb.jpg?v=1683304981","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/letters-from-the-periphery-alex-skovron-9781925780833","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}