{"product_id":"9780702263378","title":"Fishing for Lightning","description":"Author: Holland-Batt, Sarah\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780702263378\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Queensland Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 28 Sep 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Holland-Batt's highly acclaimed and popular poetry columns from \u003ci\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/i\u003e are collected together for the first time in \u003ci\u003eFishing for Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e - suitable for the general reader as well as poetry aficionados. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFishing for Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e gathers together acclaimed poet and critic Sarah Holland-Batt's celebrated columns on contemporary Australian poetry. In fifty illuminating and lively short essays on fifty poets, Holland-Batt offers a masterclass in how to read and love poetry, opening up the music of language, form, and poetic technique in her casual and conversational yet deeply intelligent style. From the villanelle to the verse novel, the readymade and the remix to the sonnet, Holland-Batt's essays\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003erange across the breadth of contemporary poetry, but also delve into the richness of poetic and literary history, connecting the contemporary to the ancient.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDazzling in its erudition, but always accessible and entertaining, \u003ci\u003eFishing for Lightning \u003c\/i\u003econvinces us of the power of poetry to change our lives.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48198022693022,"sku":"UBD-9780702263378","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780702263378.jpg?v=1787745718","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780702263378","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}