The Water Bearer by Tracy Ryan
Water is contained in these poems in many different ways: from the water filling a second-hand cooler in an old farmhouse to ocean riptides and impassive dams; from swimming lessons to paddocks layered with water after rain. From scheme water, pipelines and a countryside in the grip of drought - the water in this collection is a many-sided metaphor. Tracy Ryan's latest collection of poems is full of intimate intensity and clear vision, each poem wrought with consummate skill by 'one of Australia's most gifted poets' (Marion May Campbell).
John Kinsella's many books of poetry include Armour (2011) and Jam Tree Gully (2012). He is Professor of Literature and Sustainability at Curtin University, an Extraordinary Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University, and a Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. Awards include the Christopher Brennan Award for Poetry, Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award for Poetry, Western Australian Premier's Book Award, The Age Poetry Book of the Year, and the Adelaide Writers' Week Poetry Prize. Tracy Ryan is an award-winning poet born in Western Australia who has also lived in England and the United States. She has worked in libraries, bookselling, editing, and community journalism, and has taught at various universities. Her previous poetry titles with Fremantle Press include The Argument, Fremantle Poets 1: New Poets (editor), Scar Revision, Hothouse, The Willing Eye, Bluebeard in Drag and Killing Delilah. Tracy Ryan is also the author of three novels: Sweet, Jazz Tango and Vamp. Her work has been commended in the National Book Council Banjo Award, twice shortlisted in the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, in The Age Book of the Year Award and the Adelaide Festival Award for Literature. She has won the Australian Book Review Poetry Prize and the Western Australian Premier's Book Award (twice).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781925164954 |
| ISBN 10 | 1925164950 |
| Title | The Water Bearer |
| Author | Tracy Ryan |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fremantle Press |
| Year published | 2018-01-29 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
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