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  • Author:agent Alex Skovron http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/skovron-alex
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Towards the Equator : New & Selected Poems
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'This New & Selected Poems is a substantial and long-awaited compilation from one of Australia’s most accomplished poets, a retrospective spanning more than thirty years. The New Poems section, ‘Towards the Equator’, represents Alex Skovron’s sixth book-length collection and signals a return to the formal variety that has been a hallmark of his work. As always, a distinct Eurocentric sensibility sits alongside an engagement with Western art and culture. All six collections are characterized by close attention to craft, versatility of tone and technique, and a seriousness of intent seasoned at times with wry humour or playful wit. We encounter a rich assortment of voices, moods and scenarios as the landscapes of experience, the playgrounds of the mind and the theatres of the self are negotiated. Music, memory, philosophy, the creative spirit and language itself are focal-points; the dimensions of faith and the elusive quest for self-knowledge colour the shifting light; while Eros, in various guises, accompanies many of the poems across the plains and borderlands of the imagination. Recurring motifs in Skovron’s poetry include the perpetual tussle with history, the search for a clarity of vision, and our often ambiguous relationship with identity, with each other, and with the enigmas of time and remembrance.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: for Mietek Skovron (1912-2013)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Glebe, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: Puncher and Wattmann , 2015 .
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      Extent: 293p.
      ISBN: 9781922186553

Works about this Work

Alex Skovron : A Sweeping Range Judith Beveridge , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , July 2016;

— Review of Towards the Equator : New & Selected Poems Alex Skovron , 2015 selected work poetry
'Towards the Equator, a selection of poems from Alex Skovron’s five volumes of poetry, plus 38 new poems, showcases powerfully his fine contribution to Australian poetry over the last thirty years. ...'
The Complex and the Made Paul Hetherington , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 372 2015; (p. 59)

— Review of Towards the Equator : New & Selected Poems Alex Skovron , 2015 selected work poetry
Review Short : Alex Skovron’s Towards the Equator: New & Selected Poems Caitlin Maling , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 March no. 49.1 2015;

— Review of Towards the Equator : New & Selected Poems Alex Skovron , 2015 selected work poetry
A Rueful and Wry Series of Wit, Wisdom and Surprises Peter Kenneally , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 March 2015; (p. 31) The Age , 21 March 2015; (p. 25)

— Review of Towards the Equator : New & Selected Poems Alex Skovron , 2015 selected work poetry
Beyond the Familiar Verses Geoff Page , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 March 2015; (p. 20)

— Review of Towards the Equator : New & Selected Poems Alex Skovron , 2015 selected work poetry
Beyond the Familiar Verses Geoff Page , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 March 2015; (p. 20)

— Review of Towards the Equator : New & Selected Poems Alex Skovron , 2015 selected work poetry
A Rueful and Wry Series of Wit, Wisdom and Surprises Peter Kenneally , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 March 2015; (p. 31) The Age , 21 March 2015; (p. 25)

— Review of Towards the Equator : New & Selected Poems Alex Skovron , 2015 selected work poetry
Review Short : Alex Skovron’s Towards the Equator: New & Selected Poems Caitlin Maling , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 March no. 49.1 2015;

— Review of Towards the Equator : New & Selected Poems Alex Skovron , 2015 selected work poetry
The Complex and the Made Paul Hetherington , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 372 2015; (p. 59)

— Review of Towards the Equator : New & Selected Poems Alex Skovron , 2015 selected work poetry
Alex Skovron : A Sweeping Range Judith Beveridge , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , July 2016;

— Review of Towards the Equator : New & Selected Poems Alex Skovron , 2015 selected work poetry
'Towards the Equator, a selection of poems from Alex Skovron’s five volumes of poetry, plus 38 new poems, showcases powerfully his fine contribution to Australian poetry over the last thirty years. ...'
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