{"product_id":"and-the-waves-by-luoyang-chen-9781923099654","title":"And the Waves","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs poetry writing labour? Perhaps I am so damaged that I don't consider writing poetry labour. Every weekend I replenish myself by collapsing and every week I work within a system that is hideous and greasy, that remains ineffective in dealing with whatever it claims to tackle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI am essentially the system: ineffective, hideous, greasy... confused. I profit from the work I do, from the system that I am. Then I confront myself. Then I turn to poetry. And if I am successful, I want my poetry to resemble the way my body labours, like the waves, coming and keep coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere seems no beginning nor end in labour. Across borders of gender, language, immigration, experience, and the lyric 'I', I position myself as a non-Subject that confronts Capitalism in my own turn\/term.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDivided into five sections, \u003cem\u003eAnd the Waves\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the ethics of producing\/'labouring' poetry. I (and 'I') am essentially not Australian (whatever that means), you see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47772943384812,"sku":"9781923099654","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781923099654-and-the-waves.jpg?v=1782175698","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/and-the-waves-by-luoyang-chen-9781923099654","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}