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001 2014455192
003 DLC
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008 150414t20142014nz a b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014455192
020 $a9780473298036 (paperback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn893975687
040 $aNz$beng$cNZ1$erda$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aPR9639.3.04$bY68 2014
082 04 $aNZ821.2$223
100 1 $aOlds, Peter,$eauthor,$eillustrator.
240 10 $aPoems.$kSelections
245 10 $aYou fit the description :$bthe selected poems of Peter Olds.
246 30 $aSelected poems of Peter Olds
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aLyttelton :$bCold Hub Press,$c[2014]
264 4 $c©2014
300 $axix, 272 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aThis selection of poems by Peter Olds gathers a greater sampling than his 1972-2001 selected poems (It Was a Tuesday Morning, Hazard Press, 2004) as well as work from collections published since then, and twenty-four previously uncollected poems. It includes a number of the celebrated longer poems of the 1970s and 1980s which were left out of the Hazard selection, such as Freeway, Lady Lust revisiting the Great Psychiatric Rock & Roll Nostalgia Story, Beethoven's guitar, Notes on State Highway Number One, After the music and After looking for Broadway. An introduction by Ian Wedde fits Olds into a national and international context, then focuses on the "mindfulness" of the poet's vision, from his early immersion in the conditions of addiction and mental illness, to his humorous, compassionate and expanding sense of relationship, and his awareness "not just of the present moment but of the consciousness that focuses the poet's attention."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-268) and index of titles.
655 7 $aNew Zealand poetry$y21st century.$2local$5Nz
700 1 $aWedde, Ian,$eeditor.