{"product_id":"letters-from-the-periphery-by-alex-skovron-9781925780833","title":"Letters from the Periphery","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe forty-eight poems that comprise \u003ci\u003eLetters from the Periphery\u003c\/i\u003e, Alex Skovron's seventh book-length collection, are populated by a variety of voices speaking across many settings. From 1960s Sydney to the cafes of today's Melbourne, from the Trojan War and Byzantine Aleppo to the dark forest of Dante's Inferno, from eighteenth-century Lisbon to Vienna at the turn of the twentieth, from the American Civil War to warfronts of our time, and of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA richly diverse collection, this book also marks Skovron's return to the longer poem. Notably, the title-sequence features a mysterious stalker versed in philosophy; the suite \u003ci\u003eThe Light We Convert\u003c\/i\u003e is grounded in the world of nineteenth-century music; and the poet's translation of the opening Canto from \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362769518828,"sku":"9781925780833","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18133663482873.jpg?v=1772900514","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/letters-from-the-periphery-by-alex-skovron-9781925780833","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}