Summary
Rangikura: Maori Mythology and Endless Summers in Verse
I am made in the image of my mother … I am made in the image of / my mountain / my river / my whenua
In Rangikura, plastic tiaras melt into boiling rivers, and family memories blur with ancestral mythologies. Satanic stepbrothers play jenga while the deity Mahuika burns - and the temperature is rising. Here, anger and loss, history and pop culture are spun into verses woven with vernacular and Te Reo Maori. At the colle…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781802060652 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1802060650 |
| Author: | Tayi Tibble |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 29 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 97g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 6mm |
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‘I love [it], it’s so good, I’m so impressed … totally encapsulates the heady vibe of being a young woman in New Zealand’ – Lorde * Metro NZ *It demonstrates the power of all paradigm-shifting books - which is to fold up previously knotty stumbling blocks like they are furniture left out in the rain, and then replace it with an enlarged space – John Freeman * LitHubBio *Tibble speaks about beauty, activism, power and popular culture with compelling guile, a darkness, a deep understanding and sensuality – Hinemoana Baker
About The Author
Tayi Tibble
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, and had its first UK publication in 2022.
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