Poukahangatus : Poems

The American debut of an acclaimed young poet as she explores her identity as a 21st-century indigenous woman Hilarious, intimate, moving and virtuosic, Tayi Tibble is one of most exciting new voices in poetry today. In Poukahangatus (pronounced Pocahontas ), her debut volume, she challenges a dazzling array of mythologies-Greek, Maori feminist, kiwi-peeling them apart, re-spinning them in modern terms. Her poems moves from rhythmic discussions of the Kardashians, sugar daddies, and Twilight, to exquisite renderings of the natural world and precise emotions.