Roger Day says
> Which is a roundabout way of asking what people are reading in the
> coming autumnal months.
Spring months here. Therefore probably some organic gardening magazines,
for inspiration. And, in no particular order:
* The Taoist I Ching, trans. Thomas Cleary
* The Mystic Hours by Wayne Teasdale.
* A book of speeches by the Dalai Lama, when my husband has finished
with it, or before if he doesn't hurry up!
* The Indian in the Cupboard - I'm reading this to my son at bedtime
and enjoying it.
* Japanese Death Poems (compiled by Yoel Hoffmann, whoever he is)
* A Seamus Heaney collection that I rather thrillingly won in a raffle
* "Bono in Conversation" with Michka Assayas (stupidly marketed as
"Bono on Bono" for those in Australia). I'll probably read this again.
It's a thought-provoking read, not your normal rock journalism.
* Two antiquated anthologies from a second hand bookshop,
both called "The Progress of Poetry".
And probably a few novels or biographies, whatever I can get from the
library. I tried to read Tim Winton's "The Riders" and got bored with it.
Maybe I'll try one of his more recent ones.
> Has anyone any scintillating *new* poetry that they'd recommend?
"Firelick" by Morgan Yasbincek (Fremantle Arts Centre Press).
Hope this is of interest.
Janet
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