{"product_id":"9781923099555","title":"Headlines to the Heart","description":"Author: Richard Kelly Tipping\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781923099555\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Puncher and Wattmann\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeadlines to the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is the poet's own selection of the most memorable poems from half a century of deeply-felt living. Humorous, erotic, perceptive and full of spoken ideas which stick in the mind, Tipping's poetry has been widely published and anthologised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Years of life and observation are distilled here, in the typical Tipping style, with dazzling wit, playfulness, precision and clarity. This is a complex, comprehensive response to the experience of living in our times, a 'his-story' which rewards careful, serious reading.'  Jean Kent, reviewing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInstant History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e in\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRochford Street Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Nearer by Far\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is Tipping's best collection with some trenchant political and satirical poems allied to fine landscape verse. As always with Tipping the result is witty, inventive and lively writing.' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Companion to Australian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, second edition, edited by Wilde, Hooton and Andrews, OUP 1996\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Looking back at Tipping's work across twenty years or so, we can see very clearly a tight group of virtual 'classics' which are likely to recur in anthologies for many years. These display his distinctively subtle wit  and often his visual acuity  at full strength.' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Reader's Guide to Contemporary Australian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Geoff Page, University of Queensland Press, 1995\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47845900681374,"sku":"ADS-9781923099555","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781923099555.jpg?v=1781224234","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781923099555","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}