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- Book Synopsis
- Like an oil painting, 'Now You Can Look' is a work built up of layers. The colourful subject of its narrative is a woman who takes one glance at what the early twentieth century has set out for her, and throws in her lot with art instead. On the surface, Julia Bird's poems are beautifully textured, conjuring a life rich with 'whispering pelts' in theatre cloakrooms, a yellow kimono with its hem 'like cut/butter from an icebox', and the intricacies of an artistic practice where 'the fern's alread
- About The Author
- Julia Bird is a poet and poetry programmer. Her poetry collections Hannah and the Monk (2008) and Twenty-four Seven Blossom (2013) were published by Salt Publishing, and the illustrated pamphlet Now You Can Look (2017) by The Emma Press. With Mike Sims, she published the poetry and artist's book Paper Trail (Blown Rose, 2019) and A Joy Forever: a walk out with John Keats (Paekakariki Press, 2021).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781910139844
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Emma Press, (12 October 2017)
- Number of Pages
- 31
- Weight
- 141 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 200 x 200 x 3 mm
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