{"product_id":"the-hard-word-peter-kirkpatrick-9781925780956","title":"The Hard Word","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hard Word\u003c\/em\u003e wittily reflects on the stuff of words and what can be done with them, or to them, their uses and abuses - especially on the subject of love, perhaps the hardest word of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Kirkpatrick taught English and Australian literature at Western Sydney University and the University of Sydney, and has published two other collections: \u003cem\u003eWish You Were Here\u003c\/em\u003e (Five Islands, 1996), and \u003cem\u003eWestering \u003c\/em\u003e(Puncher \u0026amp; Wattmann, 2006), which was shortlisted in the 2008 NSW Premier's Literary Awards. He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sea Coast of Bohemia: Literary Life in Sydney's Roaring Twenties\u003c\/em\u003e (2nd ed. API Network, 2007) and, with Jill Dimond, \u003cem\u003eLiterary Sydney: A Walking Guide\u003c\/em\u003e (UQP, 2000). With Fran De Groen he co-edited \u003cem\u003eSerious Frolic: Essays on Australian Humour\u003c\/em\u003e (UQP, 2009) and, with Robert Dixon, \u003cem\u003eRepublics of Letters: Literary Communities in Australia\u003c\/em\u003e (Sydney University Press, 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Kirkpatrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1925780953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925780956\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 02\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.22d","brand":"Peter Kirkpatrick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44127517802751,"sku":"9781925780956","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1adeb321-d5ad-43d2-8b68-7061f884bb20.jpg?v=1687453791","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hard-word-peter-kirkpatrick-9781925780956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}