{"title":"Joanne Burns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoanne Burns\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a distinctive voice in contemporary Arts \u0026amp; Culture, blending poetic insight with experimental forms. Her works, such as \u003cem\u003eAmphora\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBrush\u003c\/em\u003e, invite readers to explore language and meaning through innovative, thought-provoking expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBurns’s writing challenges conventional boundaries, weaving everyday observations with abstract reflections. Those drawn to avant-garde poetry and bold narrative styles will find her collections an engaging exploration of form and feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"amphora-by-joanne-burns-9781920882631","title":"Amphora","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cem\u003eamphora\u003c\/em\u003e seize on the miraculous moments contained in life and language, interrogating them with scepticism on the one hand, celebrating them with a comic sense of wonder on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection's focus ranges from the magical exploits of saints recalled from the poet's Catholic childhood, to her variations on the Zen koan, to the accidental 'out of the blue' poems in the final sequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBurns draws attitudes which define a way of living - gladness, openness, curiosity, acceptance, and above all sensual delight, in the abundance of the world's offerings, and in the possibilities of language: 'may the polysemic flower bloom'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340627165420,"sku":"9781920882631","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25323223482871.jpg?v=1772161419"},{"product_id":"apparently-by-joanne-burns-9781925818093","title":"apparently","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems collected in \u003ci\u003eapparently\u003c\/i\u003e appear like visions, intensely experienced but barely real. Where does a poem come from? Over four sections, this question is considered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first section gathers poems spring-boarding from the clues and solutions to crossword puzzles; the second recounts unsettling dreams in the form of prose poems or microfictions. 'Dial', the longest section, acknowledges the bewildering sense of daily time and the dizzying spectacle of social and worldly matters contained within. Finally, from a more restful or relaxed vantage, 'the random couch' presents a number of drifting poems, written while the poet was lounging on the sofa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Joanne Burns's poetry:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"It is a fascinating achievement that Burns is able to confront the surface din and wreckage of society and bring us through the other side as readers with a healthier pulse.\" - Jessica L. 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