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Australian poetry classics: Les Murray’s The Broad Bean Sermon is inexhaustible food for contemplation

Australian poetry classics: Les Murray’s The Broad Bean Sermon is inexhaustible food for contemplation

The Broad Bean Sermon, while not his best-known poem, shows why Les Murray is considered by some to be Australia’s preeminent poet.

25.09.2026 10

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David McCooey

Shipwrecked in a time‑loop – Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume plays a long game

Like Jorge Luis Borges before her, Solvej Balle employs fantasy to philosophise on the nature of reality.

27.04.2026 50

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David Mccooey

Chris Wallace-Crabbe was a poet of international renown, a beloved teacher and a generous man

Chris Wallace-Crabbe was one of Australia’s best-known poets. Generations of students and colleagues benefited from his wisdom and generosity.

19.12.2025 30

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David McCooey