Collision with the Shadow - Softcover

Gerrish, Carolyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1761092405 ISBN 13: 9781761092404

Publisher: Ginninderra Press, 2022

Synopsis

'When I see a review that starts, "X is a fine observer...", my mind numbs over. I see X at a desk, staring out a window wrestling the chaos into order. Reality isn't like that, more like lurching through corridors with a hand-held camera. An open mind, in the grand sense, is open to everything, even its own uncertainties and wild imaginings, with an ever-shifting focus and perspective, crowds of thoughts jostling for space on the page to make their voices heard. This is more like Carolyn's world, vigorous, engaged, life on the wing or on the run, the life we lead, follow negotiate or are just intrinsically...in. Raw chaos is unreadable, so of course there is craft at work. This book is eminently readable, busy, intelligent and full of life. From haunted interiors, doctor's surgeries and exercise classes, the world of books, music, galleries, film and theatres, parks, uncosy domestic scenes and distant past ever slipping out of reach...the familiar morphs into strangeness, the bland into menace, then back again the other way. Enjoy the ride.' - John Carey

John Carey

About this title

About the Author

Carolyn Gerrish is a Sydney poet. For many years she has been a creative writing teacher in the community. Her work has been widely published in Australia and overseas. She has read her poetry at many venues, including the Brett Whiteley Gallery and the Sydney Writers' Festival. Her previous collection, her fifth, was The View from the Moon (Island Press, 2011).

Edition details

• Publisher: Ginninderra Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1761092405
• ISBN 13: 9781761092404
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 130