In an act of intimacy matched with literary acuity, Kate Lilley presents a selection of her mother Dorothy Hewett's poetry written over a sixty-year period. Lilley draws out the passion and innovation in Hewett's work, shining a light into different areas of her oeuvre to find surprising new angles and resonances. Selected Poems of Dorothy Hewett is the first retrospective volume of this important writer's work since her death in 2002. It confirms Hewett's stature as a major Australian poet.