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Poetry

To Sculpt The Moment: Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2008 edited by Hunter Writers’ Centre

by Anthony Lynch
February 2009, no. 308

To Sculpt The Moment: Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2008 by Hunter Writers’ Centre

Hunter Writers’ Centre, $20 pb, 170 pp, 9780975835456

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Despite the deadly title, this anthology of twenty-eight poems from the 2008 Newcastle Poetry Prize is replete with gems. Assembled from 423 entries by judges Jan Owen, Philip Salom, and Richard Tipping – effectively the anthology’s editors – it is a brilliant sampler that few anthologies can match for the legroom offered to the longer poem and poetry sequence.

 


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To Sculpt The Moment: Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2008 by Hunter Writers’ Centre

Hunter Writers’ Centre, $20 pb, 170 pp, 9780975835456

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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