Book Review: Counterfutures
July 24, 2024
This journal always pulls me out of a scholarly reading rut and reinvigorates ideas of postcolonial leftist theory with creativity.
Māia is a lover of poetry with a fondness for the classics. She enjoys titles in the philosophy and sociology departments but specialises in the world of New Zealand fiction and non-fiction, particularly favouring books on te ao Māori & wahine Māori poetry.
This journal always pulls me out of a scholarly reading rut and reinvigorates ideas of postcolonial leftist theory with creativity.
Lorde is generous with her insights and personal experiences, making this collection incredibly accessible for all kinds of readers.
This collection is vulnerable and precise, travelling through and between the streets of Christchurch like a supercut of sweet memories.
Affecting, politically pertinent and visually pleasing, PUHIA is a publication I read immediately as it arrives in-store.
John Allison has a gift for noticing the sweetness, finding gentleness everywhere and holding dear to a contemplative sentimentality.
These poems lead with an open heart, pleading with surrender and screaming for justice and anyone who is watching can feel Avia’s frustration.
This collection, while painfully truthful and heartbreaking, is buoyed with a boundless and indomitable sense of celebration.
Ngarewa’s writing is sensory and atmospheric, giving attention to moments of humanity in bleak and divisive circumstances.
This book is shocking, ridiculous and sometimes disgusting while being written so beautifully with precision and awe-struck gentleness.
An ode to spirited girlhood, takatapui dizziness and healing with community, Aria is full of poems that are loving, furious, sexy and wise.
Outlining the meaning of decolonisation and how urgently we need it to materialise, this collection envisages a collective future for New Zealand Aotearoa.
These poems invite us to party with the Ātua to share wisdoms, laughter and deep connection that transcends time.
Aoake demands your attention, enchants you to join them on the chase and just when you think you’ve caught up they surprise you again.
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