{"title":"Airini Beautrais","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAirini Beautrais\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a distinctive voice within contemporary Arts \u0026amp; Culture, weaving intricate reflections on identity, place, and memory. Her work, such as \u003cem\u003eSalt Quilt\u003c\/em\u003e, invites readers into finely crafted poetic narratives that explore the human experience with intimacy and precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a thoughtful engagement with language and form, where each piece balances subtle emotional depth with vivid imagery. Beautrais’ writing resonates with those drawn to literary works that challenge and enrich perceptions of the everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"salt-quilt-by-airini-beautrais-9781776923328","title":"Salt Quilt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalt Quilt\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of an uneasy stretch of time. The poet looks back at various episodes of her life and then far ahead, to other lives and ways of seeing. She sheds cynicism, celebrates some constraints and rejects others, and keeps rewriting the endings. Poetry has saved her more than once. On the inside maybe she is becoming a 1980s self-help guy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMany of these poems are a lyric archive of the times and places that still hold their charge. Many are about the aliveness of things we take for granted. Out of the wild medley of experience, and all of this living, dying and losing, comes something fertile and growing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a stunning work that is fully present, sharp-witted and self-aware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47633770741996,"sku":"9781776923328","price":23.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/65df430f0a1e486fa37fa5400659451b.jpg?v=1779076650"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/airini-beautrais.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}