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Tickets to the Fall of Icarus charts the flight of two flamboyant characters, Icarus and Audrey, as they navigate their way through the maelstrom of modern life amidst natural disasters, pandemics, online dating and even a little self-sabotage.
In artfully executed narrative poetry, Gering deploys his inimitable style and humour to bring characters into dynamic life on the page. Few readers won't see glimmers or shards of themselves in Audrey and Icarus.
These vignettes are surprising, bittersweet and strangely insightful as they coalesce in a collection that is a challenging but joyful exploration of what it means to be alive and incisively engaged in the 21st century.
By the author of Staying Whole While Falling Apart.
James Gering, poet, diarist and short story writer, is an ASA Poet of the Year, and he's received various international awards for his stories and poems. His writing has appeared in many journals around the world including Meanjin, Cordite, Rattle and Shot Glass Journal. His first collection of poetry, Staying Whole While Falling Apart, was released by Interactive Press in 2021. James lives in the Blue Mountains near Sydney. There he climbs the cliffs and hikes the trails in search of Beveridge's wisdom, Ernaux's emotional truth and Kafka's dreamscapes. James welcomes visitors at jamesgering.com.
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