{"title":"Martha Ronk","description":"\u003cp\u003eMartha Ronk’s work invites readers into contemplative spaces where language and perception intertwine. Her writing, exemplified in \u003cem\u003eThe Place One Is\u003c\/em\u003e, explores the subtle interplay between memory, place, and identity with a keen poetic sensibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in Arts \u0026amp; Culture, Ronk’s books offer rich, thoughtful reflections that challenge and enrich. Her distinctive voice resonates with those who appreciate literature that thoughtfully navigates the margins between the seen and the felt.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-place-one-is-by-martha-ronk-9781632431035","title":"The Place One Is","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection from celebrated poet Martha Ronk considering the relationship between person, body, and place.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Place One Is\u003c\/em\u003e explores the intersection of person and place, the ways in which changes in the tangible world alter one’s vision, bodily posture, vocabulary, and concern for—to take one example—the dwindling water supply in California. The body’s position, its geometry, and the topography of the surrounding land become less and less recognisable as body and world blend together. Gravel giving way underfoot mirrors the way that words dissolve into mumbles, and the skeleton of a rusty car on the sand appears like one’s own skeleton. Ronk shows that disintegration here is disintegration there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems also wonder at interdependence, considering how lines intersect and continue to connect us to the sea—and to islands, lagoons, greenery, sky, and space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the first part of the collection, the poems focus on a rural landscape, and in the second part, they consider the overly bright urban world of Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433006285036,"sku":"9781632431035","price":33.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781632431035.jpg?v=1774765827"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/martha-ronk.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}