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Continuous
Creation
Les Murray

A parting gift of poems . . .

Les Murray left a trove of last poems. These are pieces
he was working on up to his death, as well as new
work discovered among his scrapbooks and files.

Various, intriguing and moving, this is a wonderful

final collection from Australia’s greatest poet –
including a title poem that calls up the spirit of
continuous creation, ‘out of all that vanishes and all
that will outlast us’.

LES MURRAY (1938–2019) lived in Bunyah, near Taree

in New South Wales. The author of some thirty books, his
work is studied in schools and universities around Australia
and has been translated into many foreign languages.
In 1997 he was awarded the T.S. Eliot Prize for poetry,
in 1998 he won The Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry and in Release date: Tuesday, 1 March 2022
2004 he was awarded the Mondello Prize. His most recent AU RRP: $24.99  NZ RRP: $30.00
volumes include The Biplane Houses, Taller When Prone and ISBN: 9781760643416
Waiting for the Past. Other works include Fredy Neptune, Imprint: Black Inc.
Collected Poems, The Best 100 Poems, Killing the Black Dog Format: Hardback
and On Bunyah. Size: B (198 x 128mm)
Extent: 80pp
Subject: Poetry

Embargo:
Tuesday, 1 March 2022

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