Dark Sparring

Author/creator Marsh, Selina Tusitala Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAuckland : Auckland University Press Chicago : Independent Publishers Group [Distributor]
Description104 p. 08.250 x 06.500 in.
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Summary Annotation In Dark Sparring, poet Selina Tusitala Marsh combats family loss with all the techniques of poetry and Thai kickboxing at her disposal. The book brims with fluid, humming list poems, literary shoutouts and personal elegies, as Marsh takes us through her mother's diagnosis with cancer and the long journey out the other side of her illness. Along the way, Marsh shows us other parts of her world: scenes from Matiatia to Orapiu to Apia; classroom politics; the importance of leadership; and the reasons New Zealand is also a 'lucky' country. Dark Sparring has an appealing voice, a strong right hook and an affecting, rhythmic heart - it amply reaffirms the poetic talents of Selina Marsh, 'the shadow-boxing woman / Sparring myself as I go / Shadowing myself as I go'.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9781869407865
ISBN1869407865 (Trade Paper) Forthcoming
Standard identifier# 9781869407865
Stock number00114678

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