Everything Talks - Softcover

Sampson, Sam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905700482 ISBN 13: 9781905700486

Publisher: Shearsman Books, 2008

Synopsis

A first book by a young New Zealand poet, whose work - experimental in form - owes much to music and to developments in American poetry in the latter half of the 20th century. While consciously stretching the limits of the poem, Sampson's work remains very communicative, powerful for both ear and eye. Simultaneously published in New Zealand by Auckland University Press.

About this title

Review

Finalist, 2009 NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry

Finalist, Poetry, 2009 Montana New Zealand Book Awards

"For me, that field (the wider poetry field) has offered further delights & the elliptical, Ashbery-esque (yet far terser) work of Sam Sampson." Emma Neale, editor, "The Best New Zealand Poems, 2004""

About the Author

Sam Sampson was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and grew up in Titirangi. He holds an MA in Philosophy from The University of Auckland, and for a number of years was a tutor in the University's ethnomusicology programme.

Edition details

• Publisher: Shearsman Books
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905700482
• ISBN 13: 9781905700486
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92