{"title":"Ariana Reines","description":"\u003cp\u003eAriana Reines offers a captivating blend of poetry and prose that explores the intersections of language, identity, and emotional landscape. Her work often delves into the subtle nuances of human experience, framed through a lens of contemporary arts and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a provocative and lyrical voice, where experimental form meets profound reflection. Reines’ writing invites contemplation on both personal and universal themes, making her collection a compelling choice for those drawn to innovative and introspective literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-rose-by-ariana-reines-9781837311736","title":"The Rose","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe award-winning poet reckons with feminine archetypes, erotic love, and the shifting boundary between power and surrender.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFury is very lustful  \nA body concealing its heart's desire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHas a certain texture  \nA tang or an edge if you will\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat the openhearted cannot match  \n\u0026amp; when exactly does the deceitful\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHeart open? At climax.  \n-from 'The Hanged Man'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe force that drives \u003cem\u003eThe Rose\u003c\/em\u003e is volcanic desire - and its self-imposed restriction. Digging deep into the ironies and raptures of true 'Romance', award-winning poet Ariana Reines measures the real thing against the love (or should we say sex) that poetry has always depended on. She plunges into feminine archetypes to explore masculine pain - 'I have always liked helpless \/ \u0026amp; terrible men because they break my mind.' In these poems, inherited ideologies of gender performance are replaced with bold vulnerability - paradoxes of power and surrender transmute the speaker's understanding of suffering, desire, and the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe voice in \u003cem\u003eThe Rose\u003c\/em\u003e is wry and bare, approaching the connection between erotic love and spirituality with humour. Investigating war, maternity, violent sensuality, and the role of language in magical acts, Reines is unafraid to uncover the 'secret \/ \u0026amp; terrible shovelings \/ Of love,' and the result is a bloody and pulsing, sexy and unabashed bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47559051706604,"sku":"9781837311736","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781837311736-the-rose.jpg?v=1776928620"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ariana-reines.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}