The Best of Best New Zealand Poems

Edited by Bill Manhire, Edited by Damien Wilkins

Since 2000, the online anthology Best New Zealand Poems has showcased the most exciting and memorable poetry produced in this country. Here, for the first time, is a selection of this work in book form. Edited by founding publisher Bill Manhire, and writer Damien Wilkins, this anthology is an indispensable guide to the richness, strangeness, and liveliness of contemporary poetry.<br /><br />With over sixty poets appearing, theres classic work by some of the best-known figures in our writing, including Sam Hunt, Allen Curnow, Jenny Bornholdt, Cilla McQueen, Elizabeth Smither, and Ian Wedde; there are also compelling poems from new writers. Each poets own note on the selection illuminates the work and takes us inside the writers personal workshop. The first decade of the new century comes into view as a vibrant, argumentative, restless period, with our poets unafraid of either political engagement or strong personal feeling.<br /><br />The extraordinary range of forms and voices immediately makes this book the most inviting and enjoyable collection of New Zealand poetry available.

Edited by Bill Manhire, Edited by Damien Wilkins

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