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Ron Pretty

Ron Pretty

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9 featured booksRon Pretty

Ron Pretty was an Australian poet, editor, publisher and teacher. Pretty was instrumental in establishing the Poetry Australia Foundation, which led to the Australian Poetry Centre, one of two organisations which merged in 2011 to form *Australian Poetry*. (More on [Wikipedia][1]). He is the founder of [Five Islands Press][2] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Pretty [2]: https://www.fiveislandspress.com.au/from-the-archive/many-poetries

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    Ron Pretty

  • Personal name

    Ron Pretty

  • Source identifier

    OL367260A

Featured books

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  • Poems for all occasions

    Representative edition published 2005

    Open Work
  • Practical Poetics

    Representative edition published 2003

    Open Work
  • The Argument From Desire

    Representative edition published 1999

    Open Work
  • Cry Out!

    Representative edition published 1996

    Open Work
  • Halfway to Eden

    Representative edition published 1996

    Open Work
  • The Habit of Balance

    Representative edition published 1988

    Open Work
  • Two spaces of poetry

    Representative edition published 2006

    Open Work
  • Of the stone

    Representative edition published 2000

    Open Work
  • Jane's Pocketbook of Missiles

    Representative edition published 1976

    Open Work