White-out: selected published poems 1986–2016 brings together 194 of Tasmanian poet Saxby Pridmore’s published poems to commemorate his achievement and contribution to Australian poetry: more than 300 poems published in over 40 different literary magazines and journals, including Quadrant, Studio, Famous Reporter, Blue Dog, Overland and Island.
Foreword by Professor Tony Simoes da Silva, Head of School of Humanities, University of Tasmania
2016 ISBN 9781922198242 Paperback 204 pages RRP $19.95
“These poems consider everything human: … They’re deft, poised, and compassionate. Many will stay in mind and invite revisiting …”
— Michael Sharkey, editor of Australian Poetry Journal
“Each a self-contained unit, the poems combine to create a portrait of a life busily observing, reflecting, writing. Each in turn feeds into a richer narrative of being in and of the world, and of selfhood defined always relationally.”
— Professor Tony Simoes da Silva, University of Tasmania, from the foreword
“perceptive, reflective, generous.”
— Ralph Wessman, former editor and publisher of Famous Reporter
“By turns whimsical and as penetrating as a surgeon’s knife. From deeply personal to philosophically abstract, a powerful range of images and ideas.”
— Emeritus Professor James Cotton, UNSW Canberra
“Saxby Pridmore captures the feelings of any one of us … this collection is a surprise to enjoy.”
— Anne Henderson, author, biographer and deputy director of the Sydney Institute
Read the full reviews and author information on the main Lacuna Publishing website here.
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