Recently, Tony Messenger generously interviewed the four poets shortlisted for the 2017 ASAL Mary Gilmore Award for best first book of poetry—Carmine Frascarelli (for Sydney Road Poems), Aden Rolfe (for False Nostalgia), Alison Whittaker (for Lemons in the Chicken Wire), me (for Glasshouses)—and Claire Nashar (highly commended, for Lake).
You can read these interviews here.
The winner of the 2017 Mary Gilmore Award will be announced 11 July.
Stuart Barnes 
Thanks for posting this Stuart, a great exercise with such generosity by the poets. I hope the insights open up the readership of each writer’s work as they are all wonderful books. I wish you all the best on Tuesday night.
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My pleasure, Tony, and thanks again for your kind words and generosity.
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