Einstein’s Brain
An extension of O’Flynn’s previous work Einstein’s Brain floats somewhere between the thistle and the hug. It contains great variety in terms of subject matter, form, style, and mood.
There is a typical wit we have come to expect, a penchant for the quirky and the absurd, as well as a willingness to play with language. A concern with form ranges from the traditional to the free-wheeling. There are also several longer poems exercising a sense of stamina across a broader canvas, including two poems shortlisted for the Newcastle Poetry Prize. Similarly, there are a number of other prize-winning poems including the John Shaw Neilson Poetry Prize and the Banjo Paterson Poetry Prize. Above all this book is about observation, about apprehending the oddity of what is right in front of our noses.
Born in Melbourne, Mark O’Flynn now lives in the Blue Mountains on Dharug – Gundengurra land. He has published several collections of poetry, most recently the chapbook Undercoat, (Liquid Amber Press). His novels include Grassdogs (2006) and The Forgotten World (2013). The novel The Last Days of Ava Langdon (2016, UQP) was shortlisted for both the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Prime Ministers Literary Award, and was winner of the Voss Literary Award (2017). He has also published the memoir, False Start, and two collections of short stories White Light and Dental Tourism, (Puncher and Wattmann, 2020). His work has appeared across a broad range of journals both here and overseas and has won numerous awards. He has been shortlisted five times for the Newcastle Poetry Prize.
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