Born Sacred
£13.46
Under Glass
£12.49
‘The things that are really big and really close are too big and too close to be seen.’
Gregory Kan’s second book is a dialogue between a series of prose poems, following a protagonist through a mysterious and threatening landscape, and a series of verse poems, driven by the speaker’s compulsive hunger to make sense of things. Kan’s explorations of the outer and inner landscapes frequently cross paths but leave the reader in doubt – this is a collection full of maps and trapdoors, labyrinths and fragmented traces. Under Glass opens up new ways of telling stories – while questioning the value of storytelling itself. Beautifully crystalline and emotionally powerful, this poetry collection takes readers on a journey that is frightening yet tender, imperfect but triumphant.
Gregory Kan is a writer and developer based in Pōneke/Wellington. His first collection of poetry, This Paper Boat, was shortlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for poetry in 2017. Under Glass, his second collection, was longlisted for the award in 2020. He was the 2017 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellow. Clay Eaters is his third poetry collection.
- ISBN-13
- 9781869408916
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Imprint
- Auckland University Press
- Publication date
- 14 March 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 76
- Dimensions
- 210 x 148 mm
- Language
- English
