"The Biplane Houses" is not the first book Les Murray has dedicated "To the glory of God." Yet the Australian poet rarely invokes God directly. Such a presence can be inferred only by the subtle ...

Les Murray is a cantankerous Catholic poet who grew up on a dairy farm in New South Wales and dedicates his books “to the glory of God.” This makes him sound like a more religious, Australian Seamus ...

I read from The Collected Poems of Les Murray on my long flight home today — a gift from one of my new Australian friends. This poem really hit me hard. Murray was terribly bullied in his teenage ...

If you’re a certain kind of reader, with a certain kind of brain, you’re always on the lookout for the poem that will save your life. Existence heaps itself upon you; your tongue thickens and your ...

The story of the great Australian poet Les Murray is one of oblique angles, of seeing things slant, of being not-quite-right. In a country that, like most other countries, takes its cultural bearings ...

I like to say that I worked with Les Murray at Australia’s Quadrant magazine. He was literary editor; I was an editorial assistant to John O’Sullivan. In fact, I never interacted with him once. You ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. To One Who Asked For Summer. 'Growing up all by myself in a concentrated sort of way and reading, put a ...

Les Murray’s posthumous collection “Continuous Creation” highlights both his crankiness and the rough magnificence of the landscape he loved. By William Logan When you purchase an independently ...

Last week, in these pages, The Australian’s chief literary critic Geordie Williamson described big Les as our “greatest poet” in an important essay on the appointment of our second Poet Laureate. You ...

Lauded Australian poet Les Murray was as famous for his humour, humility and anti-establishment views, as he was for his way with words. He died this week, as he liked to live, without pretension.

The great Australian poet who died last week at the age of 80 could be generous to young writers learning their craft The great Australian poet who died last week at the age of 80 could be generous to ...