{"product_id":"9781920882846","title":"Open Sesame","description":"Author: Michael Farrell\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781920882846\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jul 2012\u003cbr\u003ePages: 144\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Farrell is well known for his ability to break language and action into their component gestures, freeing the emotion locked up in them, and very often their comic or magical aspects too, as the title of his new poetry collection suggests. \u003ci\u003eOpen Sesame\u003c\/i\u003e includes sonnets derived from the TV drama 'The Bill', a sestina featuring JFK set in a laundrette, an improvised parody which cuts up writing found on supermarket shelves, collage poems including one on Phar Lap, four long poems on the theme of friendship, and 'luke and henrys storyline', the story of a commitment ceremony between two gay men. In an earlier form, the manuscript of this collection won the inaugural Barrett Reid Poetry Prize for experimental poetry, and was praised by the judges for its playfulness, craft and 'subliminal force.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861490225310,"sku":"ADS-9781920882846","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781920882846.jpg?v=1779252715","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781920882846","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}