{"product_id":"off-limits-louise-wakeling-9781922571021","title":"Off Limits","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare combination of elegance and punchiness is at the heart of the poetry in this collection. Louise Wakeling's world is one in which \"turbulence gets around\", \"words disappear\/like dwindling rain over parapets\" and the complexities and vulnerabilities involved in being alive merge with the richness and occasional spikiness of the natural world. It may not be possible to hug a Saguaro, but then again, it might be... \u003cem\u003eOff Limits\u003c\/em\u003e offers us one fine poem after another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Ross Gillett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003esome give (cactus) a wide berth.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ehandle them gingerly? you better.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethey're prickly and quirky as a room full of poets.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a brilliantly bristling \u0026amp; idiosyncratic collection of Sydney poetry (with an eye to the world). And as it shells through the detritus of place, a glinting midden is unearthed. This is a haunting ecopoetic: deferential fo First Nations, awake to social \u0026amp; ecological injustice, and brimful of lyrically imagist joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Phillip Hall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWakeling is the skeptic arsonist; sharp-eyed seer of the under things of places you thought you knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere she burns the words to see their lights. Watch your step.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Chris Mansell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louise Wakeling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1922571024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781922571021\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 06\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.26d","brand":"Louise Wakeling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991064215807,"sku":"9781922571021","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_abfe4d2c-05d3-446c-b5a7-3684df8347a3.jpg?v=1683308232","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/off-limits-louise-wakeling-9781922571021","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}