Sinking lessons / Philip Armstrong.
Sinking lessons / Philip Armstrong.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2020.
Call Numbers
G 2022/0193
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
53 pages ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
A horizontal light -- Portolan: Sinker; Call sign; Rising sign; Swimming lessons -- Die Traumdeutung -- The old man of the sea -- General relativity -- Longitude -- A visit to hell -- Obiter dicta: Voccus; Going to a funeral -- Jeremiad -- Creature effects: Best before; The widening gyre; Resurrexit...
Publication information
Publisher
Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2020.
Date Published
2020.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"The poems in Sinking Lessons portray the vitality of a world full of things and beings we too often disregard, using language that vibrates in harmony with the lively tales it tells - from small, everyday events to stories of shipwrecks and strandings, resurrections and reanimations, arctic adventures and descents into the underworld. The cast of...
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Full title
Sinking lessons / Philip Armstrong.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references.
Contextual Information
Awards
Winner of the Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award 2019.
Identifiers
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Call Numbers
G 2022/0193
Record Identifier
74VKaRvmDRmb
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaRvmDRmb
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ISBN
9781988592411
DDC
NZ821.3
MMS ID
991024390918802626
