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Les Murray

Les Murray is an award-winning Australian poet with more than 30 published collections of work, including Taller When Prone and The Biplane Houses. His work has been translated into ten foreign languages.
 
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Infinite Anthology: Adventures in Lexiconia

Les Murray

Here is a brief sample of words I have submitted to Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary over the last two or three years: pobbledonk –...

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 Taller When Prone. Les Murray at the Sydney Writers' Festival

Taller When Prone. Les Murray at the Sydney Writers' Festival

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Part 1 | Part 2 Australia's most acclaimed and respected poet, Les Murray, takes to the stage at the Sydney Writers' Festival to speak...

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 Les Murray on Killing the Black Dog

Les Murray on Killing the Black Dog

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Part 1 | Part 2 Killing the Black Dog is Les Murray’s courageous account of his struggle with depression, accompanied by a special...

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 Les Murray and Judith Beveridge: Poems old and new

Les Murray and Judith Beveridge: Poems old and new

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Part 1 | Part 2 In a poetry reading held in the University of Sydney's Fisher Library, visiting Professor Les Murray is joined by...

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 Les Murray, Sarah Day and Anthony Lawrence: Poets Reading (Part 2)

Les Murray, Sarah Day and Anthony Lawrence: Poets Reading (Part 2)

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Poets Les Murray, Sarah Day and Anthony Lawrence introduce and read personal selections of their work, for an admiring Mildura Writers...

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 Les Murray, Sarah Day, Anthony Lawrence: Poets Reading. Mildura Writers' Festival

Les Murray, Sarah Day, Anthony Lawrence: Poets Reading. Mildura Writers' Festival

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Poets Les Murray, Sarah Day and Anthony Lawrence introduce and read personal selections of their work, for an admiring Mildura Writers...

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 Les Murray: on Hell and After - part two

Les Murray: on Hell and After - part two

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Poet Les Murray puts on his anthologist's hat and introduces his favourites amongst Australia's early English-language poets.Sydney...

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 Les Murray: on Hell and After. University of Sydney

Les Murray: on Hell and After. University of Sydney

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Poet Les Murray puts on his anthologist's hat and introduces his favourites amongst Australia's early English-language poets.Sydney...

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Drought Essay: A Levitation of Land

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Haze went from smoke-blue to beigegradually, after midday. The Inland was passing overhigh up, and between the trees.The north hills and...

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Drought Essay: Recognising the Derision as Fear

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Death gets into the suburbs, but sleekturnover highrise keeps it out of mind and wilderness, wrapped in its own deaths, scarcely...

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