{"product_id":"spirals-by-john-kinsella-9781760802684","title":"Spirals","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpirals\u003c\/em\u003e is the third and final volume of John Kinsella's collected poems and dates from 2014-2023, seeing Kinsella through his fifties and without an end in sight. \u003cem\u003eSpirals\u003c\/em\u003e is not a case of a poet growing older, steadier, and more sedate but rather brings an ongoing sense of development that is also recursive and spatial. Politically, institutionally, and attitudinally, Kinsella remains an outsider.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Kinsella's poetry is collected in one place for the very first time and includes poems that have appeared in chapbooks, publications outside of Australia, and some that are no longer in print. In this final volume, the spiralling effects of time combined with Kinsella's probing and connections in space have brought his poetry an authority and a sense of being listened to not only with awe but with respect. And still, Kinsella renounces any inflated self. Instead of basting in a perversely satisfying white guilt, or retreating to a passive melancholy, Kinsella is active, dynamic, and even exuberant. His poetry is replete with astounding energy that is creative and forward-looking while remaining concerned about environmental damage, exploitations of neoliberalism and militarism, and the continuing illegitimacies of unacknowledged settler occupation. Kinsella's final volume marks the culmination of his \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e and cements itself as a landmark addition to Australian poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The invitation of this sweeping collection provides the opportunity to consider the development of Kinsella's writing from its raw earliest examples to the skilled technique evident in his current writing.' - John Hawke,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eon volumes one and two of the\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Works of immense range, from extended lyrical meditations to taut experimental sonic poems and everything in between.' - WritingWA, on volume one of the collected poems,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ascension of Sheep\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932455911660,"sku":"9781760802684","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781760802684-spirals.jpg?v=1783863392","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/spirals-by-john-kinsella-9781760802684","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}