Poūkahangatus

Tibble, Tayi, 1995- author.

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"Winner of the Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry Award. Hilarious, intimate, moving, and virtuosic, the voice of Tayi Tibble is one of most exciting in poetry today. In Poukahangatus (pronounced Pocahontas), her debut volume, Tibble challenges a dazzling array of mythologies - Greek, Maori, feminist kiwi - peeling them apart, respinning them in modern terms. Her poems move from rhythmic discussions of the Kardashians, sugar daddies, and Twi...

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ISBN:

9780593467893
0593467892

Description:

76 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:

First published in New Zealand by Victoria University of Wellington Press 2018

Contents:

Poūkahangatus
1.
In the 1960s an influx of Māori women
I wear aviators to the club
The Warehouse
Our nan lets us smoke inside
Tangi in the King Country
Agenda
Sensitivity
Cowboys and Indians
Mint-green cross
Ode to Johnsonville's Cindy Crawford
2.
Hoki Mai
Nobody in the water
Christmas
Long white clouds
LBD
Watching the boys play rugby
Pania
Baptism
Takeaways
Shame
3.
Vampires versus Werewolves
Scabbing
Assimilation
Red American mustang
Red-blooded males
wtn boys
A sugar daddy is essentially an arts patron
Black velvet mini
Receipt
Identity politics
Hawaiki

LCCN:

2021043325

Control Number:

3374239

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