Cover art for First Light
Published
George Braziller, July 2015
ISBN
9780807600023
Format
Softcover, 90 pages
Dimensions
21.1cm × 13.7cm × 1.5cm

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The fourth book in the Braziller series of Australian poets. Philip Hodgins is unique in his unflinchingly honest and mordant account of country life in Australia. In a vivid and lucid style, his astonishing poems reveal the complexities, depths and urgencies of living at the edge of life and death. Renowned for his sophisticated yet understated craftsmanship, Hodgins writes with subtlety, humor and heartbreaking intensity.

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