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AUP New Poets 8
Lily Holloway, Tru Paraha, Modi Deng
edited by Anna Jackson
Reviews for AUP New Poets 8
‘Modi’s poetry slows down to inhabit the moment: a little story, an epiphany, an intimacy, a confession. With exquisite lyricism, both spare and melodic, she moves from Brahms, McCahon and Monet to morning, to running in the present tense… The opening list poem, lessons, is one I will pin to my wall: “being passive means being a cavity for someone to fill.” . . . Two words that resound as I read this terrific debut are quietude and joy.’ — Paula Green, Kete Books
‘Modi’s work features a quiet poise, a stillness that holds strength and memory beneath it . . . [her] poems brim with musicality, which is unsurprising considering her other life. But there is still such a clear abundance of care and restraint that doesn’t muzzle this rhythm; instead, it preserves it in perfect form for us all to stare at like we’re in a museum.’ — Jordan Hamel, Landfall Review
‘Her writing is magnificent . . . The first poem, ‘lessons’, is something that I can’t stop reading . . . This is something that anyone, including myself, can relate to.’ — Stuti Patel, Hooked on Books
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A Clear Dawn
New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand
edited by Paula Morris & Alison Wong
Reviews for A Clear Dawn
‘Clearly this new dawn of writers will exceed expectations . . . explosive, poignant, lyrical, breaking and healing hearts with their words.’ — Lynda Chanwai-Earle
’Breathtaking in its parts and as a whole! Even if you know a part of Asia well, even if you feel in touch with present-day Aotearoa, this anthology will surprise you again and again, as, voice by unique voice, truth by particular truth, its artists build a mosaic you have never seen before.’ — Rajorshi Chakraborti