{"product_id":"the-bare-hook-rod-usher-9781761092855","title":"The Bare Hook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Bare Hook\u003c\/em\u003e is Rod Usher's fourth collection. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies, including \u003cem\u003eBest Australian Poems\u003c\/em\u003e 2015, the Proverse Prize anthology (Hong Kong) 2021, \u003cem\u003eBest Australian Love Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, the Grieve Prize anthology, the Newcastle Poetry Prize anthology 2020, and the ACU Prize anthology, where in 2021 a poem in this collection, 'Marginal Notes', won a $1,000 award. The late Les Murray, who published some twenty of Usher's poems, said of his earlier collection, \u003cem\u003eSmiling Treason\u003c\/em\u003e, 'I laughed out loud at times, I inwardly cried at other times.' Usher, who grew up in Melbourne, is a former literary editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Age\u003c\/em\u003e and senior writer and editor for \u003cem\u003eTIME\u003c\/em\u003e magazine in Europe. He lives in Extremadura, Spain. He has also published three novels, most recently \u003cem\u003ePoor Man's Wealth\u003c\/em\u003e (HarperCollins).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rod Usher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1761092855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781761092855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Debbie Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.23d","brand":"Rod Usher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054398927103,"sku":"9781761092855","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_68bb8b12-1333-42aa-8e85-918848141a5f.jpg?v=1685029740","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bare-hook-rod-usher-9781761092855","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}