Luke Davies is best known as the novelist and then screenwriter behind Candy, the harrowing tale of suburban heroin addiction that dazzled literary and film critics alike. But well before that, Davies was an accomplished poet. His previous collections of poetry include Absolute Event Horizon, Running With Light and Totem, which won the 2005 South Australian Premier's Literary Award for Poetry, the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry 2004, the Age's Poetry Book of the Year Award and the overall Age Book of the Year Award.
Interferon Psalms is his latest book of poems and is described as the 'shadow companion' of the upbeat, optimistic Totem. Loneliness and pain, both physical and emotional, are among its themes, and the poet often invokes the language of religious liturgy to address them. But although it explores complex and serious issues, there are plenty of playful moments.
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