{"product_id":"riverside-ray-liversidge-9781923435148","title":"Riverside: New \u0026 Selected Work, 2003-2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRiverside\u003c\/em\u003e comprises Ray Liversidge's work over the last 21 years. It includes selections from three books of poetry, a collection of poems and flash fiction, a verse novel, a chapbook, \u003cem\u003eIssue One of Triptych Poets\u003c\/em\u003e, plus 28 new poems and flash fictions. From his first collection, \u003cem\u003eObeying the Call\u003c\/em\u003e, Liversidge's writing was recognised as \"of a high order, reminding us of poetry's origins in ceremony and its ability to name and locate experience\" (\u003cem\u003eIsland Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, 2003). Since then, Liversidge has experimented with various genres in a verse novel described by Jordie Albiston as a \"true postmodern epic\". Using a version of the Spenserian stanza he celebrates the lives of 29 poets. In a bilingual book, he lamented the massacre of 642 people in France by the Nazis in WW2. His marriage breakdown is eloquently chronicled in a suite of poems. Of late, he has embraced flash fiction after finding a volume by Alex Epstein at a book sale. \u003cem\u003eRiverside\u003c\/em\u003e offers the reader the opportunity to connect with or rediscover previous work and encounter new writing in this formidable addition to the Australian literary canon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWriters are often asked why they write, and poets often asked why poetry. I took on board Seamus Heaney's observation that he doesn't write because he must but because he can, and I\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003econsider myself fortunate that I can write and that publishers continue to value and support my work.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs well as being asked why we write, poets are also often asked what poetry is and\/or what does it do. Personally, I avoid this navel gazing, but I do like these few quotes: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry is a momentary stay against confusion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Robert Frost\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt is not an email. It's not supposed to send a message\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- David Cronenberg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA poem should not mean\/But be\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Archibald MacLeish\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoems and flash fiction in this collection - other than new works - have appeared in my published books and Issue One of Triptych Poets (2010). Those published books comprise a collection of poems and flash fiction, three books of poetry, a verse novel and a chapbook.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe book uses time shifts to bring knowledge and understanding of current culture to the chronicle of events.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ray Liversidge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1923435140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923435148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e IP (Interactive Publications Pty Ltd)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d","brand":"Ray Liversidge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48175768142079,"sku":"9781923435148","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc12c180-5beb-4ee9-b115-7056f20c60ff.jpg?v=1771335781","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/riverside-ray-liversidge-9781923435148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}