Honest, ironic, at times self-mocking, as uncompromising as it is distincitive, the voice which runs through this collection is the trademark of poet Fay Zwicky. It is richly present in poems from her books: Isaac Babel’s Fiddle and the groundbreaking volume, Kaddish. In the award-winning book, Ask Me, it defies convention. This final section contains exciting new poems of further exploration and discovery, carrying through the poet’s remarkable balance of grace and wite.
Born in Melbourne in 1933, Fay Zwicky began publishing poetry and short stories as an undergraduate at Melbourne University. She has been a concert pianist and was a Senior Lecturer in English literature at the University of Western Australia. She now devotes her time entirely to writing. Fay Zwicky has received a number of awards for her writing. She was the winner of the 1982 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, Poetry, for Kaddish and Other Poems (UQP 1982), and the 1991 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards, Poetry Award for Ask Me (UQP 1990). Her most recent publication with UQP is the collection Fay Zwicky: Poems 1970-1992 (1993).
"She has her eye on all creation."
Geoffrey Dutton, BulletinAuthor Fay Zwicky
Publisher UQP
Date of Publication 1993
ISBN 9780702224669 (print)
Category Poetry
