Afternoon in the Central Nervous System: A Selection of Poems

A rich culling of a remarkable body of work built up over 60 years by one of Australia’s most lively and impressive poets.

The fifth book in the Braziller Series of Australian Poets features a poet whose work has been instrumental to the evolution of Australian poetry. By turns philosophical, comic, elegiac and witty, Wallace-Crabbe has forged an utterly unique voice in contemporary poetry. His delight in language is sheer pleasure for the reader, and his wry wisdom indispensable. The Sunda...