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  • Published: 27 November 2017
  • ISBN: 9780646969244
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $30.00
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Millefiori





'Omar Musa writes hard, beautiful poems about things that are true.' - Kate Tempest

A collection of love poems and fierce raps, Millefiori is Omar Musa's third book of poetry. Both dream-like and gritty, it also includes gorgeous illustrations and draft poems from Musa's notebook. Heartbreak, cocaine, colonial violence, memory and cave paintings: this is a world full of unbearable beauty and brutality.

We know the world is a horror story,
but it's also got love notes in the margins.

  • Published: 27 November 2017
  • ISBN: 9780646969244
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $30.00
Categories:

About the author

Omar Musa

Omar Musa is an author, visual artist and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia. He has released one novel, four books of poetry (including Killernova), five hip-hop records, and an acclaimed one man play, Since Ali Died. His work has appeared in The Best Australian Stories and Best of Australian Poems.
His debut novel, Here Come the Dogs, was long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award and the Miles Franklin Award. He was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Young Novelists of the Year in 2015.
He has had several solo exhibitions of his woodcuts, including his most recent collection All My Memories Are Mistranslations.
He is based between Borneo and Brooklyn.

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Praise for Millefiori

Omar Musa writes hard, beautiful poems about things that are true.

Kate Tempest

Each poem in Musa's Millefiori beats with a large heart.

Gregory Pardlo, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Fierce, lyrical and intimate, Omar Musa's poetry sets words aflame.

Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk

Awards & recognition

ACT Book of the Year

Shortlisted  •  2018  •  ACT Book of the Year