{"product_id":"brett-cross-islands","title":"Brett Cross, Islands","description":"\u003cp\u003eExploring the littoral between sea and coastal Hauraki of New Zealand, myth and history, the personal and the shared, the long anticipated debut collection by Brett Cross, \u003cem\u003eIslands\u003c\/em\u003e is a sweeping and evocative look at not just a specific locale, but also language, and how it can be compressed into meaningful representations at once both familiar and strange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘What strikes me about Cross’s poetry is its distinctly local atmosphere. His work encapsulates a quintessentially Aotearoa flavour with its lyricism, tone and setting, where it often celebrates recognisably regional parts of the Waikato and its local flora and fauna. Cross’s poetry is always fresh and innovative, and showcases not only the richness of New Zealand literature, but also the landscape and environment.’\u003cbr\u003eDr Lynley Edmeades\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrett Cross has been a small press publisher in New Zealand for close to twenty years, operating the avant-garde lit. publisher Titus Books as well as the nonfiction Pacific publisher Atuanui Press. He has published his own poems in several magazines including \u003cem\u003ePoetry NZ, Brief, Cordite, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Landfall. Islands \u003c\/em\u003eis his debut collection of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrett Cross, \u003cem\u003eIslands\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOctober 2024. 127mm x 178mm. 80pp.\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-925735-67-3\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45741690224797,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/files\/Cross_Cover.png?v=1721774547","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/de\/products\/brett-cross-islands","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}