{"product_id":"sleeve-notes-by-alex-skovron","title":"'Sleeve Notes' by Alex Skovron","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"518\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMozart, Sisyphus, cities, weather, domestic rooms, European memory and Australian dislocation all appear as if caught in the same weather system.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"518\"\u003eAlex Skovron’s \u003cem data-start=\"27\" data-end=\"41\"\u003eSleeve Notes\u003c\/em\u003e is a finely worked early collection from one of Australia’s more exacting poets. Published as part of the \u003cem data-start=\"156\" data-end=\"187\"\u003eContemporary Australian Poets\u003c\/em\u003e series, it moves through music, memory, exile, language, history and how ordinary live perceives them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"520\" data-end=\"1077\"\u003eSkovron was born in Poland then migrated to Australia as a child. His work often carries that layered sense of place, inheritance and translation without turning it into a blunt autobiographical badge. His poetry has been widely published, and later collections consolidated him as a serious, formally alert Australian poet. This is a good one for readers of Australian poetry, music-haunted writing, philosophical lyric work, and poets who can do clever without sounding like they are trying to win a knife fight in a seminar room.\u003cstrong data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1088\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1296\" data-end=\"1579\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, Hale \u0026amp; Iremonger in association with Golvan Arts, 1992. First edition. Part of the \u003cem data-start=\"1416\" data-end=\"1447\"\u003eContemporary Australian Poets\u003c\/em\u003e series. Good second-hand condition, with light shelf wear and some general age toning. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44776675246163,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-29T135113.911.png?v=1780026686","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/sleeve-notes-by-alex-skovron","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}