The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry

Cassandra Atherton, Paul Hetherington
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The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry

Published

29 September 2020

ISBN

9780522874747

Pages

232

Imprint

Melbourne University Press

The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry

Cassandra Atherton, Paul Hetherington
Prose poetry is a resurgent literary form in the English-speaking world and has been rapidly gaining popularity in Australia. Cassandra Atherton and Paul Hetherington have gathered a broad and representative selection of the best Australian prose poems written over the last fifty years. The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetryin cludes numerous distinguished prose poets; Jordie Albiston, Joanne burns, Gary Catalano, Anna Couani, Alex Skovron, Samuel Wagan Watson, Ania Walwicz and many more; and documents prose poetry's growing appeal over recent decades, from the poetic margins to the mainstream. This collection reframes our understanding not only of this dynamic poetic form, but of Australian poetry as a whole.
Prose poetry is a resurgent literary form in the English-speaking world and has been rapidly gaining popularity in Australia. Cassandra Atherton and Paul Hetherington have gathered a broad and representative selection of the best Australian prose poems written over the last fifty years. The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetryin cludes numerous distinguished prose poets; Jordie Albiston, Joanne burns, Gary Catalano, Anna Couani, Alex Skovron, Samuel Wagan Watson, Ania Walwicz and many more; and documents prose poetry's growing appeal over recent decades, from the poetic margins to the mainstream. This collection reframes our understanding not only of this dynamic poetic form, but of Australian poetry as a whole.

A welcome and long overdue publication ... Atherton and Hetherington’s considered selection will go a long way towards placing [prose poetry] in the public eye.”
Des Cowley, Australian Book Review

A dreamlike quality attends much of the collection ... The result is akin to peering through a window at worlds glimpsed momentarily before being snatched away, as from a passing train.”
Declan Fry, Sydney Morning Herald

There is much here to savor, re-read and ponder – to fully engage readers and to enjoy.”
Rochford Street Review

Cassandra Atherton

Cassandra Atherton

Cassandra Atherton is a widely anthologised prose poet and an expert on prose poetry. She was a Visiting Scholar in English at Harvard University and a Visiting Fellow at Sophia University, Tokyo. She is the recipient of national and international research grants and awards and has judged numerous poetry awards including the Victorian Premier’s Prize for Poetry, the joanne burns award and the Lord Mayor’s Prize for Poetry. Cassandra’s books of prose poetry include Exhumed

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Paul Hetherington

Paul Hetherington

Paul Hetherington is a distinguished poet who has published numerous full-length poetry and prose poetry collections and has won or been nominated for more than thirty national and international awards and competitions. He won the 2014 West Australian Premier’s Book Awards (poetry), was shortlisted for the 2017 Kenneth Slessor Prize and undertook an Australia Council Residency at the BR Whiting Studio in Rome in 2015–16. Paul is Professor of Writing in the Faculty of Arts…

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