Poetry

Whirling by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

Item: Whirling
Author: Anthony Lawrence

by Anthony Lawrence •

October 1998, no. 205

OUP, $19.95 pb, 52 pp

Poetry

Whirling by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

by Anthony Lawrence •

October 1998, no. 205

Chris Wallace-Crabbe’s ability to reveal the marvellous in the seemingly mundane layers of the quotidian is a striking aspect of this new book. There are compassionate, fluid meditations on many aspects of urban life, ageing, and a quirky cast of characters from the poet’s life and wide reading.

Anthony Lawrence

Anthony Lawrence’s most recent collection is Ordinary Time, a collaboration with Audrey Molloy, (Pitt Street Poetry, 2021). His books and poems have won a number of awards, including the Peter Porter Poetry Prize and the NSW Premier's Award. He lives on the far north coast of New South Wales.