History of the Day wins Prize
March 24th, 2010
History of the Day has won the William Baylebridge Memorial Prize for 2009.
Sydney Morning Herald on “Murray Dreaming” in The Best Australian Poems 2009
January 13th, 2010
“...the form and content are in concert; they act together to produce their effects.”
— Richard King, whose essay in the Sydney Morning Herald of 9 January discusses two recent “best of” Australian anthologies, quoting from one (The Best Australian Poems 2009, Ed. Robert Adamson) a stanza of Stephen Edgar's “Murray Dreaming”. The poem was first published in Poetry (Chicago) in November 2008 and can be read here.
History of the Day reviewed in Poetry
January 12th, 2010
“...Edgar must be on the short list of the best living practitioners of verse, rhymed or blank. His remarkable poems have been a highly rewarding discovery for me.”
— Joshua Mehigan in his review of History of the Day in Poetry (Chicago), January 2010.
New collection published
May 7th, 2009
Stephen Edgar’s latest collection, History of the Day, is now out. It is available from the publisher, Black Pepper. Sample poems from this new collection can be read here and at the publisher’s site.
Stephen Edgar at The Poetry Archive
March 13th, 2009
Stephen Edgar has been added (March 2009) to The Poetry Archive, a selection of poets and poems from the UK, USA and other countries, with sound files of readings by the authors. (The sound files require a player capable of playing Real Audio formats.)
The Chimaera spotlight feature
March 13th, 2009
Online journal The Chimaera Issue 5 (February 2009) features Stephen Edgar as Spotlight Poet, with numerous poems, a comprehensive interview with editor Paul Stevens, and appreciations from fellow poets and critics. Read the feature here.
Clive James on “Man on the Moon”
March 13th, 2009
In January 2009, Stephen Edgar’s prizewinning poem “Man on the Moon” was the subject of an analysis by Clive James in Poetry (Chicago) titled An Almost Perfect Break-up Poem.... The text of “Man on the Moon” is here, where you can also listen to the author’s recorded reading of the poem.
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