Neither is the first collection of poems from Liam Jacobson (Kai Tahu).
Written among shadows of Tamaki Makaurau, it honours fog and bus-rides, being broke and public dreams. It’s an intimate attempt to chronicle a long remembering among the city’s blurry romance.
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Small New Zealand Publisher
Publication date: 01/09/2023
Neither
by Liam Jacobson
Review by Māia
This collection is so special to me. Best described by Devon Webb in Bad Apple Gay as an ‘anti-gentrification of literature’, Jacobson is a truly sensational and original voice. These poems magnify the glorious ugliness of the urban landscape as our playground, scribbling and hurting and cracking up in-between bus stops and moldy flats in Tāmaki makaurau. With themes of urbanised te ao Māori, clumsy queer love and friendship, and chewing on anything juicy and sour and rich, these poems will roll on your tongue and get stuck in your teeth. DO IT!
