Thick and Thin Lines
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Thick and Thin Lines
By (Author) Phyllis Perlstone
Puncher and Wattmann
Puncher and Wattmann
1st June 2012
Australia
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
110
Width 148mm, Height 210mm
Description
As the title of this book suggests, these poems are concerned with the way in which language can thicken our experience, even as that experience becomes attenuated through age, and increasingly ensconced within a complex and modern urban environment. This is a moving collection, which develops from the edge of everything and moves towards a comprehensive summation of a poetic sensibility preoccupied with its transience. Phyllis Perlstone, a Sydney poet, was earlier an artist and filmmaker, then turned to poetry full time. Her previous book, the edge of everything, (also published by Puncher & Wattmann) was awarded the Society of Women's Writers Biennial book award in 2009 and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Poetry Prize.
