{"product_id":"rangikura-poems-hardcover","title":"Rangikura: Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTayi Tibble\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fiery second collection of poetry from the acclaimed Indigenous New Zealand writer that U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo calls, \"One of the most startling and original poets of her generation.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTayi Tibble returns on the heels of her incendiary debut with a bold new follow-up. Barbed and erotic, vulnerable and searching, \u003ci\u003eRangikura \u003c\/i\u003easks readers to think about our relationship to desire and exploitation. Moving between hotel lobbies and all-night clubs, these poems chronicle life spent in spaces that are stalked by transaction and reward. \"I grew up tacky and hungry and dazzling,\" Tibble writes. \"Mum you should have tied me\/to the ground.\/Instead I was given\/to this city freely.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is a poet staking out a sense of freedom on her own terms in times that very often feel like end times. Tibble's range of forms and sounds are dazzling. Written with Māori \u003ci\u003emoteatea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003epurakau\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ekarakia \u003c\/i\u003e(chants, legends, and prayers) in mind, \u003ci\u003eRangikura \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the way the past comes back, even when she tries to turn her back on it. \"I was forced to remember that, \/wherever I go, \/even if I go nowhere at all, \/I am still a descendent of mountains.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once a coming-of-age and an elegy to the traumas born from colonization, especially the violence enacted against indigenous women, \u003ci\u003eRangikura \u003c\/i\u003einterrogates not only the poets' pain, but also that of her ancestors. The intimacy of these poems will move readers to laughter and tears. Speaking to herself, sometimes to the reader, these poems arc away from and return to their ancestral roots to imagine the end of the world and a new day. They invite us into the swirl of nostalgia and exhaustion produced in the pursuit of an endless summer. (\"My heart goes out like an abandoned swan boat\/ghosting along a lake\"). They are a new highpoint from a writer of endless talent. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTAYI TIBBLE (Te Whānau ā Apanui\/Ngāti Porou) was born in 1995 and lives in Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa. In 2017, she completed a master's degree in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University of Wellington, where she was the recipient of the Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing. She is the author of \u003ci\u003ePoūkahangatus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.43 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748837851424,"sku":"9780593534625","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ef667d7031b94c1951bcfaedb8f1f21f.webp?v=1779917686","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rangikura-poems-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}