The Voyage and the Vision - Stockwell, Stephen
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This book takes epic verse into new and sometimes astounding directions. A heretic priest turned spice trader crosses time to tell the true story of the first circumnavigation of Earth, not by Magellan, as commonly thought, but by his slave Enrique. Cultural icons, Allen Ginsberg, Peggy Guggenheim and Ezra Pound, dancing around each other in 60s Venice and beyond, looking for love and the meaning of art in all the wrong places. Stephen Stockwell has been a wordsmith courting controversy for 50 years and in this book, he uses traditional poetic forms to tell some big stories in unexpected ways.…mehr

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This book takes epic verse into new and sometimes astounding directions. A heretic priest turned spice trader crosses time to tell the true story of the first circumnavigation of Earth, not by Magellan, as commonly thought, but by his slave Enrique. Cultural icons, Allen Ginsberg, Peggy Guggenheim and Ezra Pound, dancing around each other in 60s Venice and beyond, looking for love and the meaning of art in all the wrong places. Stephen Stockwell has been a wordsmith courting controversy for 50 years and in this book, he uses traditional poetic forms to tell some big stories in unexpected ways. Also included are shorter poems recounting various adventures in the pursuit of enlightenment and lyrics he wrote for the Brisbane punk band, The Black Assassins.
Autorenporträt
Stephen Stockwell is Professor Emeritus in Journalism and Communication at Griffith University. He has been a wordsmith courting controversy for more than 50 years. Previously he worked as a journalist, press secretary and political campaigner, played in Brisbane punk band, The Black Assassins, wrote for the Cane Toad Times 1983-91 and made independent films and videos such as BrainBlast. He taught at Griffith on the Gold Coast 1996-2016 and produced over 50 academic papers and book chapters and five books including The Secret History of Democracy (with Ben Isakhan). Since retiring he has been travelling and writing poetry. His epic poems about the explorer Magellan and beat poet Allen Ginsberg were published in The Voyage and the Vision in 2021. He lives at Burleigh Heads on the land of the Kombumerri clan of the Yugambeh people.