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'Sarah Holland-Batt’s highly acclaimed and popular poetry columns from The Australian are collected together for the first time in Fishing for Lightning – suitable for the general reader as well as poetry aficionados.' (Publication summary)
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Capturing Lightning in a Bottle
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25 September 2021; (p. 26)'The plague years have given us time to pay attention to the exhilaration of poetry, writes Sarah Holland-Batt'
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Freedom and Possibility : Portrait of a Year in Poetry
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 436 2021; (p. 53-54)
— Review of Fishing for Lightning : The Spark of Poetry 2021 selected work poetry essay'Sarah Holland-Batt’s Fishing for Lightning is a book about Australian poetry. As such, it is a rare, and welcome, bird in the literary ecology of our country. It is welcome because poetry, like any other art form, requires a supportive culture that educates and promulgates. Not that Holland-Batt, herself one of our leading poets, is ‘merely’ didactic, or a shill for the muses. Holland-Batt, who is also an academic, writes with great authority and insight, and she is a fine stylist, penning essays that are packed with humour and playfulness. These essays cater for all kinds of audiences, from newcomers to poetry experts, which is no small feat.' (Introduction)
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Freedom and Possibility : Portrait of a Year in Poetry
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 436 2021; (p. 53-54)
— Review of Fishing for Lightning : The Spark of Poetry 2021 selected work poetry essay'Sarah Holland-Batt’s Fishing for Lightning is a book about Australian poetry. As such, it is a rare, and welcome, bird in the literary ecology of our country. It is welcome because poetry, like any other art form, requires a supportive culture that educates and promulgates. Not that Holland-Batt, herself one of our leading poets, is ‘merely’ didactic, or a shill for the muses. Holland-Batt, who is also an academic, writes with great authority and insight, and she is a fine stylist, penning essays that are packed with humour and playfulness. These essays cater for all kinds of audiences, from newcomers to poetry experts, which is no small feat.' (Introduction)
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Capturing Lightning in a Bottle
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25 September 2021; (p. 26)'The plague years have given us time to pay attention to the exhilaration of poetry, writes Sarah Holland-Batt'
