{ "item_title" : "Poems Far and Wide", "item_author" : [" John Jenkins "], "item_description" : "This very lively collection contains a wide sweep of poems, many of them prize-winning, taking readers on a remarkable journey. Some look to the past, others to the future, but all are of their time: the reverberating now. The tone is contemporary and bold, while the poet's sensibility tends to favour an eclectic inclusiveness. Uniformly, this wide-ranging and poetically engaging collection demands to be enjoyed.As striking and triumphant in current poetry as a Gauguin in a gallery of Flemish still life. - Robert Harris, generally on Jenkins' work, in Overland.There's a whole-heartedness about how he embraces the world he sees: aware of its faults, but never stinting... - Sharon Olinka (USA) Thylazine website.The wit, language play and urbane imagery we are used to from Jenkins, as well as emotional repth and an infectious delight in language... - Mike Ladd, reviewing Dark River in Australian Book Review.Innovative, intellectually sprightly, and artistically refreshing. - Heather Cam, reviewing A Break in the Weather in Sydney Morning Herald.John Jenkins is the author of nine collections; he also writes non-fiction, short stories, radio plays and sometimes for live performance. Born in Melbourne in 1949, John lived in Sydney in the 1970s, and has worked extensively as a journalist, both at home and overseas and now writes full time. John won the 2003 Arts Rush/Shoalhaven Poetry Prize; the 2004 James Joyce Suspended Sentence Award; and 2013 Melbourne Poets Union International Poetry Prize. He has presented master classes in Dublin and Singapore. John lives near Victoria's Yarra Valley, on the semi-rural fringes of Melbourne. He enjoys walking, good wine and hopes for a better world.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/92/578/012/1925780120_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "16.99", "online_price" : "16.99", "our_price" : "16.99", "club_price" : "16.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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