For the first time this year, The White Review Poet’s Prize was open to poets based anywhere in the world. Last month we announced a shortlist of eight poets. ...
Gerald Murnane’s books include Tamarisk Row, The Plains, Inland, Barley Patch, A History of Books, A Million Windows, Something for the Pain and Border Districts, and a collection of essays, Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs.He is a recipient of the Patrick White Literary Award, the Melbourne Prize for Literature, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and the Prime Minister’s Award for Fiction. A new collection, titled Last Letter to a Reader, comprising sixteen essays on each of his published works, is forthcoming with Giramondo.
The rabbit darkness just beyond the headlights’ sprawl and parcel darkness stopping up the drivers’ mouths like oaths or part-formed words or cloth rags...