{"product_id":"puke","title":"Puke","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003eA takataapui verse epic that follows two atua waahine living their queer, poorhara lives on a giant Dead Fish \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey first meet a million years ago, in the eruption of a volcano.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second time, it’s in a liquor store: Hinenuitepo is buying a lighter for Mahuika; Hinemoana is picking up drinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore long, they become entangled in rituals of mortality— love, hot chips, a carved bone strap-on, multiple evictions and a new puppy—all while holding down their duties as Death and the Sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut there is a great sickness rising in them both. The other atua have begun to disappear, and their world is slowly dying. Somewhere, an insidious power waits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the story shifts between our two lovers, \u003cem\u003ePuke\u003c\/em\u003e weaves a modern puuraakau of desire, decay and decolonisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Ranapiri exceeds expectations with their extraordinary third book. Death-sex, atua and taiao converge in an epic poem with a lover’s ache at its core. \u003cem\u003ePuke \u003c\/em\u003eis a mythopoetic waananga, a Rarohenga fever dream, a book that understands the stakes for te ao Māori are planetary.’ \u003cbr\u003e—Tru Paraha, poet and lecturer in Māori Literature at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eessa may ranapiri \u003c\/strong\u003e(Ngaati Raukawa, Ngaati Maniapoto, Te Arawa, Ngaati Awa, Ngaai Tai, takataapui, Clan Gunn) is a poet based on Ngaati Wairere whenua. Their books include \u003cem\u003eransack \u003c\/em\u003e(2019) and \u003cem\u003eECHIDNA \u003c\/em\u003e(2022), both longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. In 2023 they received the Janet Frame Poetry Award and the inaugural Keri Hulme Award, and in 2026 they were the Randell Cottage Fellow. They co-edit \u003cem\u003eKupu Toi Takataapui \u003c\/em\u003eand were the featured writer in \u003cem\u003ePoetry New Zealand Yearbook 2020\u003c\/em\u003e. They love language, LAND BACK and hot chips. They will write until they’re dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover art: essa may ranapiri\u003cbr\u003eCover design: Todd Atticus\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731425456439,"sku":"9781776923281","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/9781776923281Puke.jpg?v=1785218764","url":"https:\/\/teherengawakapress.co.nz\/products\/puke","provider":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}