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ISBN: 9781921361869
Dimensions: B Format: 19.8x12.8cm
Pages: 152
Publication year: 2010
Publisher: Fremantle Press
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The West: Australian Poems 1989-2009

Written by John Mateer

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The West represents twenty years of work by internationally renowned poet John Mateer.

This is the first time his Australian poems have been published together in one volume and it is a timely and rewarding retrospective. Taking its bearings from the Indian Ocean, Mateer’s poetry crisscrosses the continent, inviting the reader on a journey into the psyche, culture and landscape of this country.

Introduction by Martin Harrison

PRAISE FOR THE BOOK

‘John Mateer is one of Australia’s finest and most interesting poets.’ West Australian

‘Mateer is … a great travel-poet … The West carries with it the full complexity of its author’s personality and background.’ Australian Poetry Review

 


Pages: 152
Publication Year: 2010
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 9781921361869
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John Mateer

John Mateer has published books of poems in Australia, Austria, Portugal and the UK, and smaller collections in South Africa, Indonesia, Japan and Macau. World Literature Today has called him ‘the most recent reincarnation of the international poet’. Mateer has been a guest speaker at writing festivals around the world.