{"title":"Luke Beesley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuke Beesley\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts vivid explorations of contemporary arts and culture, inviting readers into imaginative worlds where visual and textual creativity intersect. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eAqua Spinach\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eJam Sticky Vision\u003c\/em\u003e, reveal a playful and experimental approach to narrative and form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough engaging new works on paper and other artistic expressions, Beesley’s books offer a fresh perspective on the possibilities of art and language, appealing to those interested in innovative cultural voices and the vibrant energy of modern creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"jam-sticky-vision-by-luke-beesley-9781922146847","title":"Jam Sticky Vision","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"He seems to start writing a poem and then becomes shocked, stunned, by a word he's just put down, unable to go past it, as if discovering the letters for the first time, as if the poem has somehow written him.\" \u003cem\u003eKirsten Krauth, \u003ci\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJam Sticky Vision\u003c\/em\u003e is the successor to Luke Beesley's highly-regarded third book of poetry, \u003cem\u003eNew Works on Paper\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Giramondo in 2013. The poems in this collection blend observation, memory, and anecdote—with particular interest in American film, rock music, visual arts, and poetry, and the way they inhabit the poet's everyday life in contemporary Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey create 'an uncanny universe', which hovers somewhere between the real world and that of the poet's imagination, characterised by surprising encounters and fleeting details rendered with the utmost clarity. Full of intimate disclosures and yet somehow public in its openness, where everything is animated by liveliness—objects, sensations, colours, even words as they appear on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs one critic has noted, \"Beesley's books make for very healthy reading. Lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, the menu not overly processed—no greasy late-night noir.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs another has written, \"his windows open out to an 'other' view, wholly within our grasp but difficult to articulate.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383880761580,"sku":"9781922146847","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9879593482872.jpg?v=1773385620"},{"product_id":"new-works-on-paper-by-luke-beesley-9781922146403","title":"New Works on Paper","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Works on Paper\u003c\/em\u003e is remarkable for its surreal logic and imagery. Things as familiar as bread and pencils—as strangely menacing as Serena Williams’ earring or Keira Knightly’s jaw—clash with the unrelenting forces of time, desire, and the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems are witty and erotic in their wild energy, surprising, edgy, and angular in their shifting perspectives, full of startling disjunctions and mirrorings, and always acutely aware of their own craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLuke Beesley's collection of poems \u003cem\u003eNew Works on Paper\u003c\/em\u003e maps cityscapes, scraping through Melbourne’s inner-city (Northcote) and Sydney’s Bondi. 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