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The Glass Guitar
Paperback Edition: 1
In this collection of thirty-three previously uncollected and mostly unpublished poems Peter Olds reflects frankly on some of his characteristic preoccupations: the imperfections of life and art; his travels in space and time; his sometimes challenging relationship with his mentor, friend, and fellow poet James K. Baxter. In his introduction John Gibb describes Olds as "a navigator of contrasting and sometimes contradictory worlds, a kind of battered Zen ambassador of humanity, an at times irreverent pilgrim making his way through life", and argues the case for Olds as a multi-disiplinary artist, as evidenced in Out of the Jaws of Wesley, a miscellany of Olds' poems, prose, book cover designs and art work,
Pages : 72
Publisher : Cold Hub Press
Publication date : 2023-10-23
Subjects: Fiction, NZ Poetry, NZ Poetry By Individual Poets