Les Wicks (born 15 June 1955) is an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has published more than fifteen books of poetry.

Les Wicks
Born (1955-06-15) 15 June 1955 (age 69)
Sydney
Occupation(s)Poet, publisher, editor
Known forPoetry
Websitehttp://leswicks.tripod.com/lw.htm

Early life and education

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Wicks grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney. He studied for a Bachelor of Arts in Asian and Australian History at Macquarie University and worked at a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled jobs while living in Sydney and London.

In the late 1970s, he established Meuse Press (with Bill Farrow) which mixed text and graphics. He helped set up the Poets Union of Australia in New South Wales. From the 1980s, he worked as a union industrial advocate for several unions after obtaining qualifications in Industrial Law from the University of Sydney.

Selected bibliography

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  • The Vanguard Sleeps In (Glandular, 1981)
  • Cannibals (Rochford Street Press, 1985)
  • Tickle (Island Press, 1993)
  • Nitty Gritty (Five Islands, 1997)
  • The Ways of Waves (Sidewalk, 2000)
  • Appetites of Light (PressPress, 2002)
  • Stories of the Feet (Five Islands, 2004)
  • The Ambrosiacs (Island Press, 2009)
  • Shadows of the Read (Krok, 2011), 2011) English/Ukrainian
  • Barking Wings (PressPress, 2012), 2012)
  • Sea of Heartbeak (Unexpected Resilience) (Puncher & Wattmann, 2013)
  • El Asombrado (On-line ebook) (Rochford Street Press, 2015) English/Spanish
  • Getting By Not Fitting In (Island Press, 2016)
  • Belief (Flying Islands, 2019)
  • Time Taken – New and Selected (Puncher & Wattmann 2022)
  • Various authors (2023). Jarquín, Carlos Javier (ed.). Canto planetario: hermandad en la Tierra. Costa Rica: HC Editores. ISBN 979-8850092115.

As editor/co-editor or organised

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Notes

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References

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