reading revival gets critical with martin harrisons who wants to create australia? essays on poetry and ideas in contemporary australia. martins is an ambitious book that recognises poetrys involvement with other aspects of the contemporary landscape: environmentally, conceptually, creatively.
'Off or on the web, everyone has learnt that without editors, critics, critical exchange and debate, the work - the writing - risks turning out to be little more than written "chat" ballooning up behind inflated names'. harrison p 12
martins essays demonstrate ways that we can write & think about poetry now - in this conservative climate, in a time of climate change, & in a world becoming digital.
