Anthony Lawrence

Anthony Lawrence has published sixteen books of poems and a novel. His most recent collection is Headwaters (Pitt Street Poetry, 2016). His books and poems have won a number of awards, including the Peter Porter Poetry Prize and the NSW Premier's Award. He lives on the far north coast of New South Wales.

Anthony Lawrence reviews 'Whirling' by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

October 1998, no. 205 • 01 October 1998

Chris Wallace-Crabbe’s ability to reveal the marvellous in the seemingly mundane layers of the quotidian is a striking aspect of this new book. There are compassionate, fluid meditations on many aspects of urban life, ageing, and a quirky cast of characters from the poet’s life and wide reading. ... (read more)

Anthony Lawrence reviews 'Earthly Delights' by S.K. Kelen

February 2007, no. 288 • 01 February 2007

Stephen Kelen’s new book is an ambitious, wide and free-ranging journey through past and present, war and peace, family life, travel and technology. It has all the hallmarks of Kelen’s previous books: a marvellous ear and restless eye, a gift for narrative that challenges as much as it reaffirms, and a willingness to tackle anything that takes his attention. These (mostly) narrative poems have ... (read more)

'Levitation', a new poem by Anthony Lawrence

May 2021, no. 431 • 27 April 2021

Having mastered the art of using magnetsin discretionary acts like making a pencil float above a tableor a throwdown of iron ... (read more)

'The Measurement Institute' a new poem by Anthony Lawrence

December 2018, no. 407 • 26 November 2018

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Anthony Lawrence reviews 'Selected Poems 1968–2014' by Paul Muldoon

September 2017, no. 394 • 30 August 2017

Paul Muldoon’s friend and mentor, the late Seamus Heaney, once remarked that reading Muldoon was like being in a room with two informants: one a compulsive liar and one who always tells the truth. The trick, Heaney suggested, is ‘trying to formulate a question that will elicit an answer from either one that can be reliably decoded’. Muldoon’s poems are renowned for their sleight of hand, ... (read more)

Jolley Prize 2016 (Shortlist): 'Ash' by Anthony Lawrence

August 2016, no. 383 • 21 July 2016

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'The Fishhouse Review', a new poem by Anthony Lawrence

November 2013, no. 356 • 31 October 2013

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