{"title":"Roger Reeves","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoger Reeves crafts works that delve deep into the intersections of identity, culture, and history, offering readers a profound reflection on the human experience. His writing blends lyrical intensity with acute cultural insight, inviting contemplation and emotional resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e category, Reeves’ books explore themes of belonging and transformation, marked by a distinctive voice that challenges and enriches the literary landscape. Readers can expect thoughtful, evocative narratives that linger long after the last page.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"best-barbarian-by-roger-reeves-9780393609332","title":"Best Barbarian","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cem\u003eBest Barbarian\u003c\/em\u003e roam across the literary and social landscape, from \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e's Grendel to the jazz musician Alice Coltrane, from reckoning with immigration at the U.S.–Mexico border to thinking through the fraught beauty of the moon on a summer night after the police have killed a Black man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDaring and formally elegant, \u003cem\u003eBest Barbarian\u003c\/em\u003e asks the reader: \"Who has not been an entryway shuddering in the wind \/ Of another's want, a rose nailed to some dark longing and bled?\" Reeves extends his inquiry into the work of writers who have come before, conversing with—and sometimes contradicting—Walt Whitman, James Baldwin, Sappho, Dante, and Aimé Césaire, among others. Expanding the tradition of poetry to reach from Gilgamesh and the \u003cem\u003eAeneid\u003c\/em\u003e to Drake and Beyoncé, Reeves adds his voice to a long song that seeks to address itself \u003cem\u003eonly to freedom\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBest Barbarian\u003c\/em\u003e asks the reader to stay close as it plunges into catastrophe and finds surprising moments of joy and intimacy. This fearless, musical, and oracular collection announces Roger Reeves as an essential voice in American poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430146162924,"sku":"9780393609332","price":50.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780393609332.jpg?v=1774559673"},{"product_id":"best-barbarian-by-roger-reeves-9781324064459","title":"Best Barbarian","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cem\u003eBest Barbarian\u003c\/em\u003e roam across the literary and social landscape, from \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e's Grendel to the jazz musician Alice Coltrane, from reckoning with immigration at the U.S.–Mexico border to thinking through the fraught beauty of the moon on a summer night after the police have killed a Black man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDaring and formally elegant, \u003cem\u003eBest Barbarian\u003c\/em\u003e asks the reader: \"Who has not been an entryway shuddering in the wind \/ Of another's want, a rose nailed to some dark longing and bled?\" Reeves extends his inquiry into the work of writers who have come before, conversing with—and sometimes contradicting—Walt Whitman, James Baldwin, Sappho, Dante, and Aimé Césaire, among others. Expanding the tradition of poetry to reach from Gilgamesh and the \u003cem\u003eAeneid\u003c\/em\u003e to Drake and Beyoncé, Reeves adds his voice to a long song that seeks to address itself \"only to freedom.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBest Barbarian\u003c\/em\u003e asks the reader to stay close as it plunges into catastrophe and finds surprising moments of joy and intimacy. This fearless, musical, and oracular collection announces Roger Reeves as an essential voice in American poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430147342572,"sku":"9781324064459","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781324064459.jpg?v=1774559673"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/roger-reeves.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}