The Homegrown Language of Les Murray |
On Monday, the poet Les Murray, one of Australia’s “national living treasures,” died, at the age of eighty. The author of nearly forty books, including poetry, novels in verse, and essay collections, Murray had become one of the most revered poets alive, known for poems such as “An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow,” “Bat’s Ultrasound,” and “The Buladelah-Taree Holiday Song Cycle.” He was almost...