AWW22 Continuous Creation: The Poetry of Les Murray - Peter Carroll

Performed by Peter Carroll / Introduced by Peter
Goldsworthy


The late Les Murray was our unofficial poet laureate – irascible,
generous, thoughtful, refractory. His poetry was so influential
it rewrote our vernacular. He moves us as he is effortlessly
profound. In this special event, veteran of the Australian stage
Peter Carroll performs a broad survey of Les’s verse, from his
early work in the Sydney years to selections from the newly
released posthumous Continuous Creation. Joseph Brodsky described
Les as “quite simply, the one by whom the language lives.” In
this presentation by another of our national treasures, the
language lives on.