{"product_id":"numb-number-paperback","title":"Numb \u0026 Number - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Musgrave\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Musgrave's seventh collection of poems is a kind of clearing: poems which open up, sometimes painfully, sometimes joyfully, what it is to be in the world. From obliquely confessional poems concerned with the death of his mother and the unexpected endings of significant relationships, to celebrations of new lives, this collection encompasses a wide range of emotions, attitudes, forms and styles. The poems show a significant sharpening from earlier work and increasingly move in the direction of uncompromising honesty. \u003cem\u003eNumb and Number\u003c\/em\u003e is an elegantly powerful collection by a significant poet who is entering a new and interesting phase of his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm clearing a space in Waratah.\u003cbr\u003e Here, in Waratah, I'm making a clearing, \u003cbr\u003e marking out space among bluetongues, grevilleas, \u003cbr\u003e a conurbation of ants' nests. I'm making a space\u003cbr\u003e the size of a mid-range imagination, \u003cbr\u003e a modest keep, a distillation of hope.\u003cbr\u003e I'm chucking out, I'm ringing in, and I'm wiping clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \"Waratah\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Musgrave's most recent collection, \u003cem\u003eAnatomy of Voice\u003c\/em\u003e, was awarded the Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award for Poetry. He is also the recipient of the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry for his collection \u003cem\u003ePhantom Limb\u003c\/em\u003e, and individual poems have been awarded many prizes. His novel \u003cem\u003eGlissando \u003c\/em\u003ewas shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Award for Fiction in 2011. In 2005 he founded the publishing house Puncher \u0026amp; Wattmann. He lives in Newcastle with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299086127301,"sku":"9781925780383","price":32.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/TEIuRUgzMU9781925780383.webp?v=1780347490","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/numb-number-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}