The Alarming Conservatory

Author: Corey Wakeling

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Price : 24.00 AUD
ISBN : 9781925336610
Publisher : Giramondo Publishing Company
Imprint : Giramondo Publishing Co
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Publication date : February 2018
Dimensions : 210mm X 148mm
Produced in : Australia
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Availability date : February 2018
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Author : Corey Wakeling
Bind : Paperback
Edition : 1802
Pages : 112
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Acclaimed poet Corey Wakeling's second collection continues his inquiry into language and the spatial architectures of history and culture. Set among 20th century ruins, the poems are cast as if hallucinations: colonial-style houses are 'guarded by palm trees', Royal Park 'detains two immoveable statues' while the 'Wheel of Fortune dizzies'. The poems range throughout Melbourne and Western Australia, where the poet has lived, and further afield too. Strong in its deployment of baroque imagery and modernist citation, The Alarming Conservatory uniquely captures the fear and pace of our contemporary condition.