{"title":"Paul Magee","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaul Magee's work offers a richly immersive exploration of contemporary \u003cstrong\u003earts and culture\u003c\/strong\u003e, blending sharp insight with inventive narrative forms. His books invite readers to engage with the creative process and cultural expression in uniquely thoughtful ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom experimental storytelling to reflective prose, Magee's writing challenges conventional boundaries, making his collection a compelling choice for those interested in the intersections of art, literature, and modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"later-unearthed-by-paul-magee-9781923099302","title":"Later Unearthed","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title poem of \u003ci\u003eLater Unearthed\u003c\/i\u003e discourses upon the inexorably preposterous House of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha, in the person of King George V. The tale of James Macpherson, who was catapulted into the belly of a whale, is just as odd, though sadder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Magee has a sharp eye and musical ear, with a tone that is always fellow human. The middle sequence in the book, \u003ci\u003eDreaming in Bourke\u003c\/i\u003e, is an account of time in the Barkindji town of Bourke, outback New South Wales, where cotton sucks the river dry, dragonflies mirror sunrise and floods lie in wait till they flood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are translations from Silver and Medieval Latin, and a selection of modernist Russians, lamenting catastrophe or foreboding revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting is a world\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhere oceans are tiny.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383889182956,"sku":"9781923099302","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19404143482872.jpg?v=1773386443"},{"product_id":"cube-root-of-book-by-paul-magee-9780977578719","title":"Cube Root of Book","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead this sequence through from page one, or start at any point and let its circles widen, or perhaps go to the lovely, light-syllabled final lyric and discover interesting ways back. The poems themselves breach back and forth to form a questing autobiography of precipitate adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey breathe into this, for perspective, the author's fascination with some of the world's outer and inner mazes: art, media, brain dysfunction, political dysfunction, Russia. Each chapter includes Paul Magee's translation from one of the Latin poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book's symmetries and its title portend no arcane numerology. But they do make a point about necessity. The poems well up from roots; they are caught and crafted, as anyone will know who speaks them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCube Root of Book\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted for the Innovation Award at the 2008 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430354501868,"sku":"9780977578719","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780977578719.jpg?v=1774559116"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/paul-magee.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}