{"product_id":"borrow-or-rob-by-eva-phillips-9780702271113","title":"borrow or rob","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn outstanding collection of poetry examining art and appropriation, from the winner of the Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eborrow or rob\u003c\/em\u003e examines themes of place, appropriation and extraction through cross-disciplinary considerations of Margaret Preston's printmaking and contemporaneous writing. The graceful and assured lines mount an incisive and astute intervention into the history of 'Australian' art. An impressive and dexterous synthesis of theme and form, \u003cem\u003eborrow or rob\u003c\/em\u003e implicates the reader in a compelling journey over the ethical topography of making art on stolen land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith precise control of language and voice, \u003cem\u003eborrow or rob\u003c\/em\u003e gives rise to a work that cannot be easily defined or contained in anything but poetry. Probing, meditative and insistent, each poem hums with insight, crystalline imagery and consummate skill. Above all, they implore us to look and then look again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eborrow or rob\u003c\/em\u003e is a superbly crafted and important poetic tool that interrogates its own history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47754341679340,"sku":"9780702271113","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780702271113-borrow-or-rob.jpg?v=1781662377","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/borrow-or-rob-by-eva-phillips-9780702271113","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}