Non-Essential Work
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Non-Essential Work
A stunning new collection from the award-winning, bestselling author of The Lost Arabs.
A stunning new collection from the award-winning, bestselling author of The Lost Arabs
In this exciting follow-up to his acclaimed collection The Lost Arabs, award-winning poet Omar Sakr delves deep into his loves and losses to create a riveting literary experience. Asking questions of timeliness and timelessness, Non-Essential Work is a restless and relentless volume that showcases a poet unquestionably in his prime.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780702265884
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 April 2023
Country: Australia
Imprint: University of Queensland Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 180.0mm
Height: 344.0mm
Weight: 120g
Pages: 128
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About the Author
Omar Sakr is the author of two acclaimed poetry collections, These Wild Houses (Cordite Books) and The Lost Arabs (UQP). The Lost Arabs won the 2020 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Award, the John Bray Poetry Award, the Judith Wright Calanthe Award, and the Colin Roderick Award. His first novel, Son of Sin (Affirm Press), was published to acclaim in 2022. Omar is a widely published essayist and editor whose work has been translated into Arabic and Spanish. Born to Lebanese and Turkish Muslim migrants in Western Sydney, he lives there still.
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