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Talia is the debut poetry collection from Isla Huia (Te Ati Haunui a-Paparangi, Uenuku). It is a critique of hometowns, an analysis of whakapapa, and a reclamation of tongue. It is an ode to the earth she stands on, and to a sister she lost to the skies. It is a manifesto for a future full of aunties and islands and light.
Published by Dead Bird Books, May 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Small New Zealand Publisher
Publication date: 19/05/2023
Talia
by Isla Huia
Reviewed by Maia
This debut collection from the Ōtautahi poet is heartfelt, grounded and intimate, inviting us into Huia’s world of connected and collective relationships with people and places. Named after her late best friend, these poems are heavy with grief and swirling in devotion. This collection is vulnerable and precise, travelling through and between the streets of Christchurch like a supercut of sweet memories. An ode to the 03, to youth and friendship and Māoritanga. This book is so, so special to me. For fans of Birdspeak by Arihia Latham, Long Road Trip Home by John Allison, Āria by Jessica Hinerangi.
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