Human Looking

Name: Human Looking
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781925818857
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By Andy Jackson

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Human Looking by Andy Jackson delves into the nuanced experiences of individuals with visible disabilities, weaving poetic narratives that challenge societal perceptions of beauty and normalcy. Through evocative and introspective verses, the book explores identity, embodiment, and the complexity of being human in a world often quick to judge based on appearance. This thoughtful collection invites readers to question and reflect upon their assumptions regarding physical difference.
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This book may appeal to you if you have an interest in exploring the human condition through a lens that thoughtfully combines art and personal experience. It provides a collection of poetry that delves into the themes of identity and belonging, often reflecting on society's perspectives on physical appearance. Readers who appreciate nuanced and deeply reflective writings on culture and human experience might find it particularly engaging.

A ground-breaking insight into the experience of disability, from a distinguished poet who has lived with Marfan Syndrome

Description

The poems in Human Looking speak with the voices of the disabled and the disfigured, in ways which are confronting, but also illuminating and tender. They speak of surgical interventions, and of the different kinds of disability which they seek to 'correct'.

They range widely, finding figures to identify with in mythology and history, art and photography, poetry and fiction. A number of poems deal with unsettling extremes of embodiment, and with violence against disabled people. Others emerge out of everyday life, and the effects of illness, pain and prejudice.

The strength of the speaking voice is remarkable, as is its capacity for empathy and love. 'I, this wonderful catastrophe', the poet has Mary Shelley's monstrous figure declare.

The use of unusual and disjunctive or 'deformed' poetic forms adds to the emotional impact of the poems.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781925818857

Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2021

Country: Australia

Imprint: Giramondo Publishing Co

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 148.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 600g

Pages: 110

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Andy Jackson Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Andy Jackson's first collection, Among the Regulars, was shortlisted for the 2011 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry; his most recent, Music Our Bodies Can't Hold, was shortlisted for the 2020 John Bray Poetry Award. He has featured at literary events and arts festivals in Ireland, India, the USA and across Australia, and has co-edited disability-themed issues of the literary journals Southerly and Australian Poetry Journal. Andy Jackson works as a creative writing teacher and tutor for community organisations and universities.