{"title":"Andy Jackson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndy Jackson\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling exploration of contemporary themes within the realm of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eAskew\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHuman Looking\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into nuanced perspectives that challenge and inspire readers to reconsider familiar narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thought-provoking storytelling that blends vivid imagery with insightful commentary. Jackson’s books invite a reflective engagement with the cultural landscape, making them a meaningful addition for those interested in artistic expression and human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"human-looking-by-andy-jackson-9781925818857","title":"Human Looking","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eHuman Looking\u003c\/i\u003e speak with the voices of the disabled and the disfigured, in ways which are confronting, but also illuminating and tender. They speak of surgical interventions, and of the different kinds of disability which they seek to 'correct'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey range widely, finding figures to identify with in mythology and history, art and photography, poetry and fiction. A number of poems deal with unsettling extremes of embodiment, and with violence against disabled people. Others emerge out of everyday life, and the effects of illness, pain and prejudice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe strength of the speaking voice is remarkable, as is its capacity for empathy and love. 'I, this wonderful catastrophe', the poet has Mary Shelley's monstrous figure declare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe use of unusual and disjunctive or 'deformed' poetic forms adds to the emotional impact of the poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340861161708,"sku":"9781925818857","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18513903482873.jpg?v=1772172974"},{"product_id":"askew-by-andy-jackson-9781923106772","title":"Askew","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing his acclaimed exploration of disability in \u003ci\u003eHuman Looking\u003c\/i\u003e, the poems in Andy Jackson's new collection \u003ci\u003eAskew\u003c\/i\u003e widen the lens, to feel their way into the impairments of our ecologies and our dialogues. How might our world itself be disabled? How can we live together within this reality?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems use an array of established and invented forms – sonnet, pantoum, erasure, prose poem, ghazal, cento and more – turning them to unusual effect under the pressure of our collective grief and bewilderment. They face the extinction and climate crises, the distortions of social-media division, the fracturing of solidarity in the wake of the Covid pandemic, and the problems of masculinity, with undaunted tenderness. They express, with an extraordinary intensity, the sense of vulnerability, both as human, and as poetic value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngaging in aslant conversation with musicians and composers, poets and artists, while reckoning with historical and contemporary thinkers, this is poetry that affirms the value of collaboration and interdependence, with all of its promise and difficulty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67708754297068,"sku":"9781923106772","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781923106772-askew-1.jpg?v=1791835024"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/andy-jackson.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}