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Magnificent Moon
Paperback Edition: 1
For ten years the occasional appearance of an Ashleigh Young poem has teased and delighted her growing circle of admirers. Here at last is her quietly astonishing first book.
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‘These are poems of restrained exuberance, which combine a calm voice with attitude and imagination. Theirs is
a world that is advancing toward us at the same time as it is backing away.’ – James Brown
Ashleigh Young grew up in Te Kuiti and Wellington and has recently returned from two years in London where she was an editor at the Institute of Ismaili Studies. Her poems and essays have appeared in many print and online literary magazines, including Best New Zealand Poems, Booknotes, Hue & Cry, Metro, Sport and Turbine. She won the Adam Foundation Prize in 2009 for her manuscript essay collection Can You Tolerate This?, and her essay ‘Wolf Man’ won the Landfall Essay Competition the same year.
Featured in the 12 November 2012 New Zealand newsletter.
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Pages : 94
Publisher : Te Herenga Waka University Pre
Publication date : 2012
Subjects: Fiction, Poetry, Poetry By Individual Poets