Conscious and Verbal (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
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- Author: Les A. Murray
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Dogs, Friendship, Poetry or poets, Australia or Australians, Wilderness
Les Murray grew up on a dairy farm near the village of Nabiac, New South Wales, Australia. Out of his affinity for rural Australia, Murray has written a body of work that speaks to the natural and mythic elements that make up the island continent. As has been the preoccupation of other leading Australian authors, he has fashioned a poetry that attempts to shed light on what it means to be an Australian. Murray grew up poor, and so he has made it a point to stay close to those who have had to struggle to survive, especially the Aboriginal and rural populations. It has been his belief...
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