{"product_id":"my-art-is-killing-me-and-other-poems-by-amber-dawn-9781551527932","title":"My Art Is Killing Me and Other Poems","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her novels, poetry, and prose, Amber Dawn has written eloquently on queer femme sexuality, individual and systemic trauma, and sex work justice, themes drawn from her own lived experience and revealed most notably in her award-winning memoir \u003ci\u003eHow Poetry Saved My Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this, her second poetry collection \u003ci\u003eMy Art Is Killing Me and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, Amber Dawn takes stock of the costs of coming out on the page in a heartrendingly honest and intimate investigation of the toll that art-making takes on artists. These long poems offer difficult truths within their intricate narratives that are alternately incendiary, tender, and rapturous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a cultural era when intersectional and marginalised writers are topping bestseller lists, Amber Dawn invites her readers to take an unflinching look at what we expect from writers, and from each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes a foreword by writer Doretta Lau (\u003ci\u003eHow Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun?\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461186011372,"sku":"9781551527932","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781551527932-my-art-is-killing-me-and-other-poems.jpg?v=1774961425","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/my-art-is-killing-me-and-other-poems-by-amber-dawn-9781551527932","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}