{"title":"Dawn Lundy Martin","description":"\u003cp\u003eDawn Lundy Martin's work artfully explores the intersections of identity, memory, and emotion, inviting readers into a profound reflection on human experience. Her writing, often lyrical and evocative, challenges conventional forms and pushes the boundaries of contemporary poetry and prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn collections like \u003cem\u003eInstructions for the Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e, Martin delves into the nuances of love, loss, and resilience with a voice that is both intimate and expansive. Readers can expect a richly textured engagement with themes of intimacy and social consciousness within the broader context of arts and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"instructions-for-the-lovers-by-dawn-lundy-martin-9781643622316","title":"Instructions for the Lovers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD IN POETRY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA taut, tender collection of poems woven with sadness and loss dealing with aging, attachments, and the precarity of life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dawn Lundy Martin's poems read like a real-time excavation of what poetry can and can't do,\" writes Maggie Nelson. In \u003cem\u003eInstructions for the Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e, her most stripped down, direct work to date, Martin creates a poetic field dense with thought, image, and sound as she reflects on her relationship with her mother, experiences of queer polyamory, lesbian sex, and the racist conditions within the dying American university system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith rigorously embodied vulnerability and virtuosity, Martin constructs moments of pleasure, humour, and sexiness woven with grief—a tender body to live in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47606256959724,"sku":"9781643622316","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/a213c245cdf45da77f3bab16b548e61e.jpg?v=1778193070"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/dawn-lundy-martin.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}