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Smoke Encrypted Whispers
Author(s): Samuel Wagan Watson (Author)
- Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
- Publication Date: 30 Oct. 2004
- Language: English
- Print length: 206 pages
- ISBN-10: 0702234710
- ISBN-13: 9780702234712
Book Description
These poems pulse with the language and images of a mangrove-lined river city, the beckoning highway, the just-glimpsed muse, the tug of childhood and restless ancestors.For the first time Samuel Wagan Watson’s poetry has been collected into this stunning volume, which includes a final section of all new work.
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About the Author
Winner of the 1999 David Unaipon Award for his volume of poetry “Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight”, Samuel Wagan Watson is a Brisbane-based writer and Public Art Project Manager. He has been a salesman, public relations officer, fraud investigator, graphic artist, laborer, law clerk, film industry technician, and an actor. Samuel describes his influences in writing as Nick Cave, Tom Waites, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, and Robert Adamson. His other influences are his father, the novelist, Sam Watson and his mother, who is a specialist teacher.For bookings for Sam Wagan Watson, please contact Show and Tell Promotions on www.showtell.com.au
