{"product_id":"star-waka-9781869402136","title":"Star Waka","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished on the cusp of the new millennium, Sullivan's third book of poems, Star Waka, came with some strings attached: each poem had to feature either a star, a waka, or the ocean. Within these parameters, and in 2001 lines, Sullivan creates 100 poems that, he says, themselves function like a waka: 'members of the crew change, the rhythm and the view changes   it is subject to the laws of nature'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Star Waka is a poetic history of the evolution of the modern New Zealand imagination. It is an impressive achievement.\"\" - Ken Arvidson, Waikato Times  \"\"A stunning book, full of attitude. . . . If you read only one book of poetry this year, make sure it's this one!\"\" - Bernadette Hall, Evening Post   \"\"This stroppy book, then, is a work of elation, a work to be recited, the continuation of an oral culture invigorated by the written word. It swirls with the cinematic promise of winds, tides, the flight of land-seeking birds, the course of whales and sharks, the patterns of waves and tides. But none of this is just picturesque: it's the struggle of memory against forgetting, Sullivan's people will not forget.\"\" - David Eggleton, NZ Listener","brand":"Auckland University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043089219927,"sku":"9781869402136","price":11.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781869402136.jpg?v=1750956947","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/star-waka-9781869402136","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}