Every book in this series will feature an introduction by John Kinsella. This will be a major series, introducing the most accomplished, critically-acclaimed, and celebrated poets of Australia to an American audience.

Among the books that will be published in the U.S. in this series include Peter Porter's widely celebrated THE COST OF SERIOUSNESS, Dorothy Hewett's HALFWAY UP THE MOUNTAIN, Gig Ryan's HEROIC MONEY, Ouyang Yu's MOON OVER MELBOURNE, and other titles, both classic and contemporary.

Originally published by
Oxford University Press:

THE COST OF SERIOUSNESS

Poems by

PETER PORTER

"now widely considered as one of the finest poets writing in English of the late twentieth century."
--THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE

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