About the author

‘No poet has ever travelled like this, whether in reality or simply in the mind … Seeing the shape or hearing the sound of one thing in another, he finds forms’ —Clive James

‘There is no poetry in the English language now so rooted in its sacredness, so broadleafed in its pleasures and yet so intimate and conversational.’ —Derek Walcott

‘This is Murray as he sees himself: the icon in the mirror, not on the stage.’ —Australian

‘He is, quite simply, the one by whom the language lives.’ —Joseph Brodsky

‘[Murray’s] language crackles like bushfire.’ —Melbourne Review

‘An outstanding collection.’ —Canberra Times