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Author | Rodney Hall |
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Language | English |
Publisher | University of Queensland Press |
Publication date | 1973 |
Publication place | Australia |
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Pages | 61p |
ISBN | 0702208825 |
A Soapbox Omnibus (1973) is a collection of poetry by Australian writer Rodney Hall. [1] It won the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry in 1973. [2]
The collection consists of 36 poems, most with their original publication in this book, and some of which were had been previously published in The Australian newspaper, and magazines such as The Bulletin , Hemisphere, Quadrant, and Southerly, and various Australian poetry collections. [3]
Writing in The Age reviewer R. A. Simpson noted that this collection represented "a step forward" from the poet's previous collection. They especially appreciated the opening sequence of poems calling it "one of Hall's most accomplished pieces of writing" as it dealt with "the tragic aspects of Man in society." [4]