{"product_id":"the-jaguar-selected-poems-paperback","title":"The Jaguar: Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Holland-Batt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith its rich selection from each of Sarah Holland-Batt's books of poetry up to her Stella prize-winning collection \u003cem\u003eThe Jaguar \u003c\/em\u003e(2022)\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ethis volume will introduce one of Australia's best-known and widely read poets to American readers for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarked by her distinctive lyric intensity, metaphorical dexterity and linguistic mastery, Holland-Batt's cosmopolitan poems engage with questions of loss and extinction, violence and erasure. From haunted post-colonial landscapes in Australia to brutal animal hierarchies in the cloud forests of Nicaragua to the devastations and transfigurations of her father's long illness, Holland-Batt fearlessly probes the body's animal endurance, appetites and metamorphoses, and our human place within the natural order of things. Her portrayal of a much loved father trying to cope with Parkinson's \u003cbr\u003eDisease has touched the hearts of many people who would never usually \u003cbr\u003eread a book of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Jaguar: Selected Poems \u003c\/em\u003ebrings together the finest work from her debut volume \u003cem\u003eAria \u003c\/em\u003e(2008), with its minimalistic interrogations of the tyrannies of memory; the searching external and internal landscapes of \u003cem\u003eThe Hazards \u003c\/em\u003e(2015); and the fierce, unflinching elegies of \u003cem\u003eThe Jaguar \u003c\/em\u003e(2022), which challenge us to view ruthless witness as a form of love. As John Kinsella has said, 'Holland-Batt is one of the best poets writing not only in Australia but anywhere in the world in English. This is an art of necessity, of belief, and of artisan-like commitment.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Holland-Batt\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning Australian poet, editor and critic. Born in Queensland in 1982, she grew up in Australia and the United States, and has also lived in Italy and Japan. She has an MFA in Poetry from New York University, where she was the W.G. Walker Memorial Fulbright Scholar from 2010-2011. She has received many honours and fellowships including from Yaddo and MacDowell. She is Professor of Creative Writing and Literary Studies at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eAria\u003c\/i\u003e, received several literary prizes, including the Anne Elder Award, the Arts ACT Judith Wright Prize and the Thomas Shapcott Prize. Her second book, \u003ci\u003eThe Hazards\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry. Her third book, \u003ci\u003eThe Jaguar\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2023 Stella Prize, the Queensland Premier's Award for State Significance and the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, and was named \u003ci\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper's 2022 Book of the Year. \u003ci\u003eThe Jaguar\u003c\/i\u003e was also longlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize and the ALS Gold Medal, and shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42150443155591,"sku":"9781780377049","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/40883bb87983f3d8069fa5877129bea3.webp?v=1733199565","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-jaguar-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}