Remember Me
Poems to Learn by Heart from Aotearoa New Zealand
$37.14
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
19 October 2023
Summary
A sparkling anthology of New Zealand poems to learn by heart.
‘To remember a poem is to carry it with you always – the poem a distillation of thought, feeling, sound. To remember a poem is to go freely, without your keys, your bag, your baggage, yet to possess a valuable taonga. It’s the ability to speak a poem out loud, to yourself, to the air, to your folks. There’s a reason we say ‘off by heart’ when we commit words to memory: to remember a poem is to hold that poem close to your h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781869409562 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1869409566 |
| Author: | Anne Kennedy |
| Publisher: | Auckland University Press |
| Imprint: | Auckland University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 19 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Anne Kennedy
Anne Kennedy is the author of three novels, a novella, four books of poetry, and many anthologised short stories. Her first book of poetry Sing-song was named Poetry Book of the Year at the 2004 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. The Darling North won the 2013 New Zealand Post Book Award for Poetry and Moth Hour was a poetry finalist at the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Anne has also won the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award and has held fellowships at the University of Auckland, the IIML, and at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She has taught creative writing for a number of years in Hawai‘i and Auckland. Most recently she edited Remember Me: Poems to Learn by Heart from Aotearoa New Zealand.
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