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Clarity and mastery

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December 2006–January 2007, no. 287

Other Summers by Stephen Edgar

Black Pepper, $23.95 pb, 108 pp, 1876044543

Clarity and mastery

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December 2006–January 2007, no. 287

Commendations from celebrities and authorities have become a standard feature of cover designs for books of poetry: sometimes one wonders whether the writers have actually read what they puff so assiduously. How refreshing it is, then, to find Clive James and August Kleinzahler recommending Stephen Edgar’s latest volume so perceptively. Kleinzahler’s phrase ‘voluptuous elegance’ goes to the heart of Edgar’s way with words. James’s comment will strike a chord with anyone who takes the time (and time is needed – these are not poems to skim through) to engage with Other Summers:

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Gregory Kratzmann

Gregory Kratzmann, formerly Associate Professor of English at La Trobe University, has edited the letters and poetry of Gwen Harwood. He has published extensively in medieval and early modern literature, and is the editor of Imagination, Books and Community in Medieval Europe (Macmillan and State Library of Victoria, 2009).

Other Summers

Other Summers

by Stephen Edgar

Black Pepper, $23.95 pb, 108 pp, 1876044543

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