The Munchian O

'Wattison's poems are always investigative, always humane. They are always willing to take risks. I know of no other Australian poet who writes quite like Meredith Wattison. She choreographs language in a way that is distinctive, deftly filtering moods and complex emotions through her uncanny vision as she aligns a deeply aesthetic mode of perception with the habitual and quotidian.

Her language is sculptural and muscular, elegant and biting. Her music is both intense and playful; she can use the seductive registers of her voice to persuade and beguile, move and unsettle. But above all, her work is an enabling moral response to these complex times.' — Judith Beveridge

Praise for Meredith Wattison

The Munchian O confirms Meredith Wattison's status as one of Australia's most complete poets. Her range seems limitless, and her language is agile as a mongoose. What a treat this collection provides, tracing the portrait of an extraordinary writer over the course of nearly four decades. Everything seems possible in Wattison's "spinning wheel".' — Stuart Cooke