'Moving and hopeful ... will stay with me for a long time' Daisy Buchanan
'A fearless, young new voice' Carol Ann Duffy
'One of the most exciting debuts I've read in ages' Kaveh Akbar
'One of the most startling and original poets of her generation' Joy Harjo
The voice of Tayi Tibble is one of most exciting in poetry today. In Poukahangatus (pronounced 'Pocahontas'), her debut volume, Tibble challenges a dazzling array of mythologies - Greek, Maori, feminist, kiwi - peeling them apart and respinning them in modern terms. Her poems move from rhythmic discussions of the Kardashians, sugar daddies and Twilight to exquisite renderings of precise emotions and the natural world alike. Tibble is also a master narrator of teenage womanhood, its exhilarating highs and devastating lows; her high-camp aesthetics chart the overflowing beauty, irony and ruination of her surroundings.
Poem by poem, Tibble carves out a bold new way of engaging history without merely telling it, of straddling modernity and ancestry, desire and exploitation. These are warm, provocative and profoundly original poems, written from a world in which the effects of colonization, land, work and gender are intimately and insidiously connected. Along the way, Tibble scrutinizes perception and asks how she as a Maori woman fits into trends, stereotypes and popular culture. With language that is at once colourful, passionate and laugh-out-loud funny, Poukahangatus announces the presence of a surpassingly daring new poet.
A fearless, young new voice with a
huge range, from
history to pop culture, with that
sense of joy in its own word-music which
immediately heralds the start of a poetic and political journey. Along with Hera Lindsay Bird, Tayi Tibble adds excitement to the new poetry coming from New Zealand Carol Ann Duffy
Tayi Tibble (Te Whanau a Apanui / Ngati Porou) was born in 1995 and lives in Wellington, New Zealand. Her first book,
Poukahangatus, won the Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry Award in 2019.
Rangikura, her second, will be published for the first time in the UK and US in summer 2023.
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Tayi Tibble (Te Whanau a Apanui / Ngati Porou) was born in 1995 and lives in Wellington, New Zealand. Her first book, Poukahangatus, won the Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry Award in 2019. Rangikura, her second, will be published for the first time in the UK and US in summer 2023.
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'Moving and hopeful ... will stay with me for a long time' Daisy Buchanan
'A fearless, young new voice' Carol Ann Duffy
'One of the most exciting debuts I've read in ages' Kaveh Akbar
'One of the most startling and original poets of her generation' Joy Harjo
The voice of Tayi Tibble is one of most exciting in poetry today. In Poukahangatus (pronounced 'Pocahontas'), her debut volume, Tibble challenges a dazzling array of mythologies - Greek, Maori, feminist, kiwi - peeling them apart and respinning them in modern terms. Her poems move from rhythmic discussions of the Kardashians, sugar daddies and Twilight to exquisite renderings of precise emotions and the natural world alike. Tibble is also a master narrator of teenage womanhood, its exhilarating highs and devastating lows; her high-camp aesthetics chart the overflowing beauty, irony and ruination of her surroundings.
Poem by poem, Tibble carves out a bold new way of engaging history without merely telling it, of straddling modernity and ancestry, desire and exploitation. These are warm, provocative and profoundly original poems, written from a world in which the effects of colonization, land, work and gender are intimately and insidiously connected. Along the way, Tibble scrutinizes perception and asks how she as a Maori woman fits into trends, stereotypes and popular culture. With language that is at once colourful, passionate and laugh-out-loud funny, Poukahangatus announces the presence of a surpassingly daring new poet.
