In The Poetic Eye, Australian poet Michael Sharkey addresses cultural memory, the promotion and reception of poetry, and practical poetics chiefly in Australia and New Zealand.

MICHAEL SHARKEY, editor of the Australian Poetry Journal and author of more than a dozen collections of poems, is a former Associate Professor of Literature and Communication Studies at the University of New England (Armidale, NSW) and Chair (1993-2012) of the New England Writers Centre.
GORDON COLLIER, co-editor of the book series Cross/Cultures and the African studies journal Matatu, has also edited or co-edited several critical collections on postcolonial literatures and has published widely in the same field, including a study of Patrick White and an edition of Derek Walcott's journalism.