{"title":"Alex Skovron","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into the evocative poetry and prose of Alex Skovron. Explore themes of identity, memory, and the human condition, crafted with lyrical precision. Discover this acclaimed Australian author's captivating works.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"letters-from-the-periphery-book-alex-skovron-9781925780833","title":"Letters from the Periphery","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe forty-eight poems that comprise Alex Skovron's seventh book-length collection, \u003cem\u003eLetters from the Periphery\u003c\/em\u003e, are populated by a variety of voices speaking across many settings - from 1960s Sydney to the cafes of today's Melbourne, from the Trojan War and Byzantine Aleppo to the dark forest of Dante's \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e, from eighteenth-century Lisbon to Vienna at the turn of the twentieth, from the American Civil War to warfronts of our time, and of the future. A richly diverse gathering, this book also marks Skovron's return to the longer poem - notably the title sequence, featuring a mysterious stalker versed in philosophy; the suite 'The Light We Convert', grounded in the world of nineteenth-century music; and the poet's translation of the opening Canto from \u003cem\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Skovron is the author of six previous collections, most recently \u003cem\u003eTowards the Equator: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems \u003c\/em\u003e(2014), shortlisted in the Prime Minister's Literary Awards. His other books include a prose novella \u003cem\u003eThe Poet \u003c\/em\u003e(2005), joint winner of the FAW Christina Stead Award for fiction, and a volume of short stories, \u003cem\u003eThe Man who Took to his Bed \u003c\/em\u003e(2017). Alex's work has been translated into several languages, and his numerous public readings include appearances in China, Serbia, India, Ireland, Macedonia, Portugal, and on Norfolk Island. He lives in Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51149838778641,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51149841006865,"sku":"NIN9781925780833","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51630716289297,"sku":"NGR9781925780833","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52532428570897,"sku":"NLS9781925780833","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/192578083X.jpg?v=1750804609"},{"product_id":"towards-the-equator-book-alex-skovron-9781922186553","title":"Towards the Equator","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis New \u0026amp; Selected Poems is a substantial and long-awaited compilation from one of Australia's most accomplished poets, a retrospective spanning more than thirty years. The New Poems section, 'Towards the Equator', represents Alex Skovron's sixth book-length collection and signals a return to the formal variety that has been a hallmark of his work. As always, a distinct Eurocentric sensibility sits alongside an engagement with Western art and culture. All six collections are characterized by close attention to craft, versatility of tone and technique, and a seriousness of intent seasoned at times with wry humour or playful wit. We encounter a rich assortment of voices, moods and scenarios as the landscapes of experience, the playgrounds of the mind and the theatres of the self are negotiated. Music, memory, philosophy, the creative spirit and language itself are focal-points; the dimensions of faith and the elusive quest for self-knowledge colour the shifting light; while Eros, in various guises, accompanies many of the poems across the plains and borderlands of the imagination. Recurring motifs in Skovron's poetry include the perpetual tussle with history, the search for a clarity of vision, and our often ambiguous relationship with identity, with each other, and with the enigmas of time and remembrance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51281311072529,"sku":"NIN9781922186553","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52615645888785,"sku":"NLS9781922186553","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1922186554.jpg?v=1751028742"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-alex-skovron.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}