{"title":"Chris Nealon","description":"\u003cp\u003eChris Nealon’s work invites readers into richly woven narratives that explore the subtleties of human connection and place. With a keen eye for detail and a lyrical style, his books often dwell in the spaces between memory and experience, revealing the quiet dramas of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the realms of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Nealon’s stories blend introspection with vivid settings, whether capturing the intimacy of personal relationships or the evocative landscapes of the shore. Expect thoughtful prose that lingers long after the last page is turned.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"all-about-you-by-chris-nealon-9781950268955","title":"All About You","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten with keen perception and insatiable curiosity, Chris Nealon's fifth book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eAll About You\u003c\/i\u003e, is both a study of personhood and a diary of release from it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"You almost let your ego go,\" he writes, \"but oh-\/maybe tomorrow.\" Revolving through moments of sociability and passages of inwardness, the poet's address shifts in these poems from \"I\" to \"you\" and back again, inviting his audience to shift along with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOut of that agility, \u003ci\u003eAll About You\u003c\/i\u003e builds a generous model of what it means to pay attention, and drafts a delicately post-pandemic \"we\": \"imagine what a healed people could do \/ Just flesh full of chatter \/ Hush now \/ Come on, let's run\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462590480620,"sku":"9781950268955","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781950268955-all-about-you.jpg?v=1775017166"},{"product_id":"the-shore-by-chris-nealon-9781940696980","title":"The Shore","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe five poem-essays of Chris Nealon's \u003cem\u003eThe Shore\u003c\/em\u003e give space and voice to the complexity of contemporary life, admitting bafflement and dismay but also creating openings for indiscreet hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eQueer and anti-capitalist, they urge us not to be ruled by our fears, while always ethically navigating the forces—race, class, age, gender, and others—that put us each in different places of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNimbly exploring connections among beauty, friendship, and politics, \u003cem\u003eThe Shore\u003c\/em\u003e gives our era of crisis a language at once vernacular and philosophical, in a form that's both teeming and fluid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600321593580,"sku":"9781940696980","price":74.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781940696980-the-shore.jpg?v=1777987787"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/chris-nealon.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}