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Tony Connors tenth collection is framed by military encounters. In the first poem a young man grapples with a malfunctioning machine-gun, while the author grapples with the poem he is making from this event, memory or fantasy. In the surrealistic sequence that ends the book, a strange army invades a country collapsing into societal and semantic ...

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'His work is both original and entertaining... Connor does not simply report events. He vividly recreates them, shaping each scene with the skill and care of a novelist... his work remains clear-headed, intelligent and immensely readable.' Dana Gioia in 'The Hudson Review'

Empty Air New Poems 20062012

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      Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 21/09/2013
      ISBN13: 9780856464539, 978-0856464539
      ISBN10: 0856464538

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      Book Synopsis
      Tony Connors tenth collection is framed by military encounters. In the first poem a young man grapples with a malfunctioning machine-gun, while the author grapples with the poem he is making from this event, memory or fantasy. In the surrealistic sequence that ends the book, a strange army invades a country collapsing into societal and semantic ...

      Trade Review
      'His work is both original and entertaining... Connor does not simply report events. He vividly recreates them, shaping each scene with the skill and care of a novelist... his work remains clear-headed, intelligent and immensely readable.' Dana Gioia in 'The Hudson Review'

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