In A J Carruthers’s new poetry collection, collisions between disparate languages, histories and ideas — each with their own distinct voices — are staged through a visually arresting and innovative approach to form. Drawing on media such as musical notation, Carruthers writes in vertical verse stanzas that can be read in any direction;
recalling the the palindromic poems in the Chinese poetic tradition, they challenge the dominant linear mode of thinking and writing in the West. Z book 3 is the third book in the AXIS series, a lifelong project begun in 2011.
‘This book was written in the midst of a grave imbalance among the axes of the world. Voices not my own came from innumerable places and times to speak.’ — A J Carruthers
‘AXIS Z Book 3 bears the empathy of this poet for the world, while also bearing witness to the limits of language in the face of human progress.’ — Wang Guanglin
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A J Carruthers Introduction by:
Wang Guanglin Imprint: CORDITE PUBLISHING Country of Publication: Australia ISBN:9780645761603 ISBN 10: 0645761605 Pages: 112 Publication Date:15 May 2023 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
