{"product_id":"adrian-wiggins-chooks","title":"Adrian Wiggins, Chooks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChooks\u003c\/em\u003e is Adrian Wiggins' second collection of poetry. It's a selection of layers and broilers, show-hens, old cocks and an Aussie Game bred for fighting. Otherwise look out for Hy-line Browns, Houdans, Frizzles and a Belgian d'Uccle showing good feed-conversion, some muscling and a high-range meat-yield.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdrian Wiggins grew up in Dubbo, central NSW, and studied at the University of Sydney where he graduated in 1994 with an Honours degree in Australian Literature. His writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eMeanjin, Snorkel, Cordite, Southerly, Slope, Heat \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eJacket\u003c\/em\u003e (and \u003cem\u003eJacket2\u003c\/em\u003e too). He has also been collected in \u003cem\u003eCalyx: 30 Contemporary Australian Poets\u003c\/em\u003e. His first book, \u003cem\u003eThe Beggar's Codex\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Five Islands Press in 1994. In 1997 he was a founding editor of \u003cem\u003eCordite Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e and later produced the first online editions in 1999. In 2010 he started \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sydneypoetry.com\/\"\u003ewww.sydneypoetry.com\u003c\/a\u003e. He is Principal of Pure and Applied, a service design studio, and is currently studying for a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Sydney. He lives in Newtown with his sweetheart Siobhan and three children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":241009133,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/products\/wiggins.jpg?v=1347971962","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/ko\/products\/adrian-wiggins-chooks","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}