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RAW, ESSENTIAL NEW COLLECTION FROM ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING VOICES For the 2024 edition of the Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook, editor Tracey Slaughter has once again hit the zeitgeist in her selection of 101 new poems from an exhaustive submission process. Another packed issue, #58 showcases the raw and the vital - including from this year's featured poet, Carin Smeaton - and a blistering introduction from Slaughter herself. In addition there are excellent reviews of a crop of recent poetry books. With work by both established and emerging New Zealand poets, the Yearbook is essential reading for all poetry fans. 'A joy and a triumph' - Erica Stretton, Kete Books 'This belongs in the section of your bookcase you've set aside for quiet little miracles' - Paul Little, North & South '… one of the best New Zealand literary journals around' - Siobahn Harvey, NZ Herald

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Praise for previous editions: ‘A joy and a triumph’ — Erica Stretton, Kete ‘This belongs in the section of your bookcase you’ve set aside for quiet little miracles’ — Paul Little, North & South ‘One of the best New Zealand literary journals around’ — Siobahn Harvey, New Zealand Herald

"""A joy and a triumph"" -- Erica Stretton, Kete Books ""This belongs in the section of your bookcase you've set aside for quiet little miracles"" -- Paul Little, North & South ""... one of the best New Zealand literary journals around"" -- Siobahn Harvey, NZ Herald"

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Dr Tracey Slaughter is a poet and short story writer. She is the author of six books, including: Conventional Weapons (Victoria University Press, 2019), Devil's Trumpet (Victoria University Press, 2021) and the award-winning novella if there is no shelter (Ad Hoc, 2020). She has been widely anthologised and has received numerous awards, including the international Bridport Prize (2014), BNZ Katherine Mansfield Awards in 2004 and 2001, and in 2023 she was the winner of the Manchester Poetry Prize. Her short story collection, Deleted Scenes for Lovers, was acclaimed as ‘note-perfect’ (Spinoff) and ‘intoxicating . . . self-assured, forceful’ (Listener). In 2014 she established the literary journal Mayhem. She lives in Kirikiriroa Hamilton and teaches creative writing at the University of Waikato.

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