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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Killernova
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'A collection of poetry and wood carvings that burns blindingly bright.

'The island of Borneo was once the most heavily wooded in the world, and its people have always carved wood beautifully. In KILLERNOVA, grappling with his heritage, Omar Musa remixes this ancient art form with fiery poetry forged in the stars.
With equal parts swagger, humour and vulnerability, Musa charts a journey through the colonial history of South-East Asia, environmental destruction, oceans, bushfires, race in Australia, the isolation and addiction of COVID lockdown, family, lost love and, ultimately, recovery.

'Relentlessly on beat, visually captivating and deceptively intimate, this is a collection of words and art that burns blindingly bright.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2021 .
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      Extent: 144p.
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      • Published November 2021

      ISBN: 9781761044632

Works about this Work

Book Review : Killernova, Omar Musa Tinashe Jakwa , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , January 2022;

— Review of Killernova Omar Musa , 2021 selected work poetry

'A poetry collection meditating on family, country, and memory.'

y separately published work icon Book It In : Omar Musa Zoya Patel (presenter), 2022 25159286 2022 single work podcast

'Drawing on a printmaking technique he learned from punk-rock climate activists in Borneo, Malaysian Australian author and poet Omar Musa wrestles with race, family and isolation in Killernova, his new book of poetry and art. He talks to Zoya Patel and also performs poems from his new book.'

Source: Book It In.

Omar Musa Blends Words and the Wood Carving of Borneo to Explore Beauty, Rage and History Kevin Brophy , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 15 March 2022;

'Omar Musa has, it seems, put aside the voice of protest, anger and challenge so present in his powerful 2017 poetry collection, Millefiori, in favour of a journey to his roots in the culture and history of Borneo.'

Book Review : Killernova, Omar Musa Tinashe Jakwa , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , January 2022;

— Review of Killernova Omar Musa , 2021 selected work poetry

'A poetry collection meditating on family, country, and memory.'

Omar Musa Blends Words and the Wood Carving of Borneo to Explore Beauty, Rage and History Kevin Brophy , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 15 March 2022;

'Omar Musa has, it seems, put aside the voice of protest, anger and challenge so present in his powerful 2017 poetry collection, Millefiori, in favour of a journey to his roots in the culture and history of Borneo.'

y separately published work icon Book It In : Omar Musa Zoya Patel (presenter), 2022 25159286 2022 single work podcast

'Drawing on a printmaking technique he learned from punk-rock climate activists in Borneo, Malaysian Australian author and poet Omar Musa wrestles with race, family and isolation in Killernova, his new book of poetry and art. He talks to Zoya Patel and also performs poems from his new book.'

Source: Book It In.

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