Hungus by Esau, Amber

Hungus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781776923113)

Vendor: Amber Esau
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$19.95
$19.95
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Hungus by Esau, Amber

Hungus

$19.95
Hungus by Esau, Amber

Hungus

$19.95
Format: Paperback
Description
Description
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Hungus is a work of world-building that draws on myth, pop culture, purakau and science fiction - and the arrival of a dazzling new voice in New Zealand poetry. In the belly of Hungus is the Mantis: an amorphous, many-faced being, as fluid and full of history as the moana. It is a thing holding a machete in one hand and a mic in another. On one day we see it carrying a schoolbag full of ice creams, on another, making shadow puppets on a grave. Through this elusive entity, Hungus tells stories of addiction. Addictions that settle like a film on tea, that crawl into the home, that devour us from the inside out, that reach for something to fill the va. These are stories that shape us, taunt us, flex on us and keep us spinning in circles.

Author: Amber Esau
ISBN-10: 1776923111
ISBN-13: 9781776923113
Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/23/2026
Pages: 136
Format: Paperback
By Amber Esau
By Amber Esau
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Amber Esau is a SaMaoRish (Ngapuhi / Manase) writer from Tamaki Makaurau. She is a poet, storyteller, and professional bots. She has a BCA from Manukau Institute of Technology and an MA from the International Institute of Modern Letters, and in 2023 she co-edited the queer poetry anthology Spoiled Fruit. She is a past recipient of the Emerging Pasifika Writers Residency from the Michael King Writers Centre and the Ideas In Residence residency from the Basement Theatre. Always vibing at a languid pace, she has had work published in print and online journals.

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