{"title":"Rachael Boast","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRachael Boast\u003c\/strong\u003e invites readers into a richly textured world where language and form intertwine to explore identity, memory, and place. Her work moves with lyrical precision, offering deep reflections on the human experience through a lens attuned to the arts and culture that shape us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect collections that blend intensity with subtle emotional currents, marked by a distinctive voice that challenges and enchants. Boast’s poetry resonates with a contemplative elegance, appealing to those who appreciate the delicate balance between tradition and innovation in contemporary verse.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"versus-versus-by-rachael-boast-9781780377315","title":"Versus Versus","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis groundbreaking anthology brings together one hundred deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent poets from across the international arena, from emerging voices to world-renowned authors, and offers an urgent redress, unpicking many misapprehensions and misrepresentations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe word versus means one thing pitched against another. To be \u003cem\u003eversus versus\u003c\/em\u003e, therefore, is a paradox, but paradox can be helpful; it can open a space for deeper thought. This anthology aims to be such a space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere, the reader will encounter poems of love and pain, self-care and companionship; poems which challenge cultural, medical, and political agendas and policies. There are war poems, poems as acts of witness and solidarity, and poems which address the impacts of the climate emergency. There are humorous poems, nature poems, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe selection also draws together poetry in a wide variety of styles and forms, and from different traditions, such as haiku, renga, sonnet, villanelle, prose poem, performance poem, and sign language. Building on the work of decades of disability justice advocacy, \u003cem\u003eVersus Versus\u003c\/em\u003e offers a poetry of assertiveness and immense vitality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe anthology draws upon a wide range of voices from across the globe, including many indigenous poets and poets of colour. Writers based in the US include: Agha Shahid Ali, Threa Almontaser, Kay Ulanday Barrett, John Lee Clarke, Meg Day, Kwame Dawes, Anita Endrezze, Megan Fernandes, torrin a. greathouse, Ona Gritz, Stephanie Heit, Linda Hogan, Cynthia Huntington, Rachael Johnson, Cyree Jarelle Johnson, I.S. Jones, Fady Joudah, Ilya Kaminsky, Tsipi Keller, Jane Kenyon, Petra Kuppers, Stephen Kuusisto, Adrienne Leddy, Ada Limón, Ibtihal Rida Mahmood, Airea D. Matthews, Lateef McLeod, Erica Mena, Leroy F. Moore Jr., Naomi Ortiz, Saleem Hue Penny, Lucia Perillo, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and heidi andrea restrepo rhodes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis anthology was prepared with the help of an Advocacy and Advisory Panel: grateful thanks to Karthika Nar, Chisom Okafor, and Daniel Sluman. Many thanks to the Royal Society of Literature and to the judges of the 2023 Literature Matters Awards for selecting this anthology as one of the winning entries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47601199808748,"sku":"9781780377315","price":60.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ffb5355ad98980e8422deee712febfa5.jpg?v=1778018566"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/rachael-boast.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}