Open House

The poems in this striking new collection take a number of forms, drifting between nature and philosophy, evoking a meditative quality that is both contemplative and full of grace. Spare and honed, David Brooks’s poems range in scale, from investigations into microscopic detail observing the smallest creatures and textures underfoot as well as the telescopic, revealing the smallness of human endeavor from a thoughtful distance. This volume is at once powerful, resonant, and unreserved.

David Brooks is the award-winning author of four previous collections of poetry, three of short fiction, four highly acclaimed novels, and a major work of Australian literary history: The Sons of Clovis. Until 2013 he taught Australian literature at the University of Sydney, where he was also the foundation director of the graduate writing program. He is currently coeditor of literary journal Southerly.