Author Description

<p>Down Rainbow Road includes two new sequences of poems by Rob Wallis. Inheritance is a multi-voice history of Australian gay experience from the earliest days of exploration and settlement. Muscular Flirtations gathers more personal reflections on a life-struggle towards acceptance and love. Selected Poems presents the variations of Rob's poetry through five earlier collections.</p><p><br></p><p>'This new work by Rob Wallis records the brutal truth of Australia's homophobic past and reveals his own story, a man who has lived it, survived it and survives it still, proudly and as a poet. There's an open hunger in these apges. There's protest, desire and declaration. There's the renouncing of shame and guilt, plus the acknowledgement of damage and fallibility. He writes ...</p><p><br></p><p>...the mighty hurricane of truth</p><p>will sweep all the debris away</p><p>and leave you standing naked</p><p>scarred imperfect a column</p><p>of light an infinite illumination</p><p><br></p><p>Rob Wallis is no secret, but with this deeply humane work of languish, lust and love, there's no doubt that he's arrived.' - Nathan Curnow</p>