{"title":"Joanna Pocock","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoanna Pocock’s work delves into the rich tapestry of \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e, offering readers thoughtful explorations of creativity and its impact on everyday life. Her writing weaves vivid imagery with insightful reflections, inviting readers to engage deeply with the subjects she portrays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for detail and a lyrical style, Joanna Pocock crafts narratives that are both evocative and accessible, making her books a compelling read for anyone interested in the intersection of art, history, and human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"greyhound-by-joanna-pocock-9781804271384","title":"Greyhound","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2006, in the wake of several miscarriages, Joanna Pocock travelled by Greyhound bus across the US from Detroit to Los Angeles. Seventeen years later, now in her 50s, she undertakes the same journey, revisiting the same cities, edgelands, highways and motels in the footsteps of the few women writers—Simone de Beauvoir, Ethel Mannin and Irma Kurtz—who chronicled their own road trips across the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGreyhound\u003c\/em\u003e, Pocock explores the overlap of place and memory, the individual with the communal, and the privatisation of public space as she navigates two very different landscapes—an earlier, less atomised America, and a current one mired in inequality, as it teeters on the brink of environmental catastrophe. Her focus is on the built-upon environment: the rivers of tarmac, the illuminated petrol stations, the sprawling suburbs and the sites of extraction created specifically to fuel contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining memoir, reportage, environmental writing and literary criticism, \u003cem\u003eGreyhound\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving and immersive book that captures an America in the throes of late capitalism with all its beauty, horror and complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48126564729068,"sku":"9781804271384","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781804271384-greyhound.jpg?v=1785969855"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/joanna-pocock.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}