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Vagabondage

Beth Spencer

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Description:'So much fun to read. Warm, witty and profound.' -- Claudia Taranto (ABC-RN)In this playful verse memoir about her year spent living in a campervan, Beth Spencer takes us on a journey into the pleasures and challenges of being in service to freedom. A poignant, sharp and funny meditation on belonging -- circling back and forth between family, relationships, memory and desire -- her story tracks the often-fine line between solitude and loneliness, the pull of what we possess and what possesses us, and the elusive idea of home. This is the long-awaited new book from the author of Things in a Glass Box (FIP, 1994) and How to Conceive of a Girl (Vintage, 1996) which was runner up for the Steele Rudd Award. Vagabondage is not just for lovers of poetry, but for anyone interested in a new way of writing memoir.‘An unexpected gem…a memoir of moving spiritually and geographically, told in verse! Utterly unique, so Australian and such a beautiful work of art, Beth Spencer’s tale of selling her house and becoming a nomad spoke to me with a vivid kind of wanderer’s call. A perfect book to read on holiday, but be warned, it might change your life forever.’— Walter Mason, My Favourite Books of 2014 ‘I’d like to nominate Beth Spencer’s Vagabondage as my best read for 2014… I love this book for its thought-provoking portrayal of a mid life crisis writ large. It’s beautiful, it’s funny, it’s sad, and it speaks to all of us who aim to age disgracefully.‘— Suzanne Donisthorpe, Books & Arts Daily, ABC-RN ‘Beth Spencer has a great eye and ear for detail, for small things with larger implications. This is a work that is very specific and personal and yet opens out in universal, fabulously recognisable and immediate ways. A book to read and re-read, and re-inhabit.‘— Philippa Hawker, Arts and Film writer for The Age‘[A] memoir told in glimpses and moments…It seems a miracle, a revelation, that out of moments of disparate experience, emerges a whole tale.’– C S Hughes, Nerdalicious ‘A wonderful read.’ — Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Webby‘The journey and the book gives Spencer the space (and time) to consider important issues… Vagabondage may seem serious (yes) and sad (in parts), but there is a humour that underlies the journey that turns its reading into an adventure… The photographs, too, tell a tale and are a great addition to the text…. This book doesn’t belabour its wisdom, but instead opens us up through humour to all aspects of humans’ being.’– Angela Gardner, Cordite Poetry Review‘Nine gold stars and an elephant stamp. My only criticism is that it’s five hundred pages too short, but I will remedy that by re-reading and gleaning.’— Frank Veldze (Scupltor)‘There are authors for whom writing functions as a form of truth-telling… We look to them for insight and intelligence and good humour, and a willingness to share – and Beth Spencer is one of them… Vagabondage is a short work that leaves you feeling you’ve read a much longer one. There are many reasons for this, not least her close-focused but at the same time expansive and warm angle on the universe… Plenty of story, and incident, as well as interiority and introspection… It’s a marvellous blend.’— Angelo Loukakis, Author and Executive Director of the Australian Society of Authors‘A terrific book.’ — Ron Pretty, OAMThis lovely collection of poems is at times hilarious and poignant… The book is rather like a good concept album – the poems stand alone well enough – but reading them as a collection (in order, as laid out in the book) adds a level of depth and connection that makes you feel as if you have travelled awhile with this person, and know them as a friend.— Library and Computing News‘Beth Spencer’s second poetry collection, Vagabondage, is … a kind of “road movie” – or “road journal”, to be more accurate. …Many of its poems play with the crucial difference between solitude and loneliness and Spencer is not afraid to expose her vulnerability in this regard… The book has plenty of humour,… deal[s] movingly with some important human issues… [and] generate[s] considerable forward momentum. “Warm, witty and profound,” as Claudia Taranto has noted on the front cover.’– Geoff Page, The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald‘This is why we read poetry. We share feelings and we align briefly to see through each other’s eyes. …[T]his is a collection discussing the issues of moving beyond the accumulations that we continue to hold on to merely because we have the space… How do we define ourselves when we have so few of the commodities and possessions that would make such definition easy? What are we when we are simply being?Good poetry is intimate and profound. By the end of it, you know a lot about the author. You have shared experiences and you have thought about yourself in new light. Beth’s collection does all of this and is a great pleasure to read.’– Nick Falkner, This is Not Ar...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Vagabondage. To get started finding Vagabondage, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 'So much fun to read. Warm, witty and profound.' -- Claudia Taranto (ABC-RN)In this playful verse memoir about her year spent living in a campervan, Beth Spencer takes us on a journey into the pleasures and challenges of being in service to freedom. A poignant, sharp and funny meditation on belonging -- circling back and forth between family, relationships, memory and desire -- her story tracks the often-fine line between solitude and loneliness, the pull of what we possess and what possesses us, and the elusive idea of home. This is the long-awaited new book from the author of Things in a Glass Box (FIP, 1994) and How to Conceive of a Girl (Vintage, 1996) which was runner up for the Steele Rudd Award. Vagabondage is not just for lovers of poetry, but for anyone interested in a new way of writing memoir.‘An unexpected gem…a memoir of moving spiritually and geographically, told in verse! Utterly unique, so Australian and such a beautiful work of art, Beth Spencer’s tale of selling her house and becoming a nomad spoke to me with a vivid kind of wanderer’s call. A perfect book to read on holiday, but be warned, it might change your life forever.’— Walter Mason, My Favourite Books of 2014 ‘I’d like to nominate Beth Spencer’s Vagabondage as my best read for 2014… I love this book for its thought-provoking portrayal of a mid life crisis writ large. It’s beautiful, it’s funny, it’s sad, and it speaks to all of us who aim to age disgracefully.‘— Suzanne Donisthorpe, Books & Arts Daily, ABC-RN ‘Beth Spencer has a great eye and ear for detail, for small things with larger implications. This is a work that is very specific and personal and yet opens out in universal, fabulously recognisable and immediate ways. A book to read and re-read, and re-inhabit.‘— Philippa Hawker, Arts and Film writer for The Age‘[A] memoir told in glimpses and moments…It seems a miracle, a revelation, that out of moments of disparate experience, emerges a whole tale.’– C S Hughes, Nerdalicious ‘A wonderful read.’ — Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Webby‘The journey and the book gives Spencer the space (and time) to consider important issues… Vagabondage may seem serious (yes) and sad (in parts), but there is a humour that underlies the journey that turns its reading into an adventure… The photographs, too, tell a tale and are a great addition to the text…. This book doesn’t belabour its wisdom, but instead opens us up through humour to all aspects of humans’ being.’– Angela Gardner, Cordite Poetry Review‘Nine gold stars and an elephant stamp. My only criticism is that it’s five hundred pages too short, but I will remedy that by re-reading and gleaning.’— Frank Veldze (Scupltor)‘There are authors for whom writing functions as a form of truth-telling… We look to them for insight and intelligence and good humour, and a willingness to share – and Beth Spencer is one of them… Vagabondage is a short work that leaves you feeling you’ve read a much longer one. There are many reasons for this, not least her close-focused but at the same time expansive and warm angle on the universe… Plenty of story, and incident, as well as interiority and introspection… It’s a marvellous blend.’— Angelo Loukakis, Author and Executive Director of the Australian Society of Authors‘A terrific book.’ — Ron Pretty, OAMThis lovely collection of poems is at times hilarious and poignant… The book is rather like a good concept album – the poems stand alone well enough – but reading them as a collection (in order, as laid out in the book) adds a level of depth and connection that makes you feel as if you have travelled awhile with this person, and know them as a friend.— Library and Computing News‘Beth Spencer’s second poetry collection, Vagabondage, is … a kind of “road movie” – or “road journal”, to be more accurate. …Many of its poems play with the crucial difference between solitude and loneliness and Spencer is not afraid to expose her vulnerability in this regard… The book has plenty of humour,… deal[s] movingly with some important human issues… [and] generate[s] considerable forward momentum. “Warm, witty and profound,” as Claudia Taranto has noted on the front cover.’– Geoff Page, The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald‘This is why we read poetry. We share feelings and we align briefly to see through each other’s eyes. …[T]his is a collection discussing the issues of moving beyond the accumulations that we continue to hold on to merely because we have the space… How do we define ourselves when we have so few of the commodities and possessions that would make such definition easy? What are we when we are simply being?Good poetry is intimate and profound. By the end of it, you know a lot about the author. You have shared experiences and you have thought about yourself in new light. Beth’s collection does all of this and is a great pleasure to read.’– Nick Falkner, This is Not Ar...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Vagabondage. To get started finding Vagabondage, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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