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DARK HORSEY SAYS- John Forbes may turn out to be the emblematic poet of late twentieth-century Australia. This book looks at various aspects of John Forbes' personality, aesthetics, & development - & at his personal interaction with others. By poets & critics who knew him- Carl Harrison-Ford, Laurie Duggan, Cassie Lewis, Ivor Indyk, Rosemary Hunter, Cath Kenneally, Gig Ryan, Alan Wearne, Pam Brown, Peter Porter, Ken Bolton, Tracey Ryan & John Kinsella - & with by poems by Peter Porter, John Tranter, Pam Brown, Chris Burns, Cath Kenneally & others - as well as some autobiographical writing by Forbes & an interview.The poems of the late great John Forbes. Who wrote better? None, that’s who. And good for you - smarter, faster, funnier, more corrosive, pithy & with-it than all. |
