Summary
Hungus is a work of world-building that draws on myth, pop culture, purakau and science fiction - and the arrival of a dazzling new voice in New Zealand poetry.
In the belly of Hungus is the Mantis: an amorphous, many-faced being, as fluid and full of history as the moana. It is a thing holding a machete in one hand and a mic in another. On one day we see it carrying a schoolbag full of ice creams, on another, making shadow puppets on a grave.
Through this elusive entity, Hung…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776923113 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1776923111 |
| Author: | Amber Esau |
| Publisher: | Te Herenga Waka University Press |
| Imprint: | Te Herenga Waka University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 160mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
‘An incredibly varied and rich and accomplished work. I love the cyborg beauty of this collection.’ -essa may ranapiri, author of echidna and ransack
‘There’s such a need for authentic Poly voices, the ones who have really been in those postcolonial urban trenches lol, but still love our world, and find it rich and beautiful and worth writing about. I love the defiant and celebratory tone of the collection. Hearty af.’ -Tayi Tibble, author of Rangikura and Poukahangatus
Amber Esau
Amber Esau is a Sa-mao-rish (Ngapuhi/Manase) writer of things from Tamaki Makaurau. She is a poet, storyteller, and professional bots. In 2014, she graduated from the Manukau Institute of Technology creative writing programme and in 2022 from the International Institute of Modern Letters. Her work has been in the Maori anthology Puna Wai Korero, The Spinoff, the children’s anthologies Skinny Dip! and Annual, NZ Poetry Shelf, Ora Nui, and Poetry New Zealand Yearbook.
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