The Light as it Grows Dark: The Last Poems of Clive James by Clive James #joyce Highly Commended in ‘First Book’

Highly Commended in ‘First Book’ category (2021)

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The Light as it Grows Dark: The Last Poems of Clive James by Clive James #joyce Highly Commended in ‘First Book’DATE OF RELEASE: 8 OCT 2026 Beautiful and deeply meditative poems on illness, ageing, legacy and death from one of Australias finest writers. To be a long time dying is largely a phenomenon of modern medicine. The Light As It Grows Dark is reportage from this new country; hard won revelations about the journeys end: This insane last phase When everything about you goes downhill.A poet long before he was a journalist or broadcaster, Clive James was 70