{"title":"Loretta Riach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoretta Riach\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling voice in contemporary poetry, weaving vivid imagery with thoughtful exploration of identity and place. Her work often delves into the nuanced intersections of culture and personal experience, inviting readers to engage deeply with the rhythms of language and emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e sphere, Riach’s poetry combines lyrical precision with a fresh perspective, making her contributions both illuminating and resonant. Readers can expect work that challenges and enchants, marked by a keen sensitivity to the world’s textures and stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"aup-new-poets-12-by-anuja-mitra-9781776712427","title":"AUP New Poets 12","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAUP New Poets 12\u003c\/em\u003e brings together three careful observers of the everyday and the ineffable. Anuja Mitra, Loretta Riach and Zephyr Zhang tell of wandering through cities, ghostworking from office cubicles and sweating through heat waves and tax season; of grappling with questions of alienation, belonging, lust and grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThough irreverence and a generational malaise might hover at the poems’ edges, tenderness forms their centre, as when Zhang encounters a house on the back of a truck in the small hours of the morning:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI would say look!\u003cbr\u003e\nhow lucky we are\u003cbr\u003e\nto know that magic still happens\u003cbr\u003e\nif we stay awake to see it\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith humour, vulnerability and flair, these collections navigate being young in precarious times – and mark the arrival of three confident new voices in New Zealand poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47744378208492,"sku":"9781776712427","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781776712427-aup-new-poets-12.jpg?v=1781474209"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/loretta-riach.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}