Hibiscus Tart
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ISBN 9781738594511
Tart was a term aimed at wāhine toa who were confident, outspoken, and Indigenous – mana wāhine who were our nans, mums, aunties, and sisters. As staunch advocates for social justice, they questioned the establishment, including the literary gatekeepers of the time.
Hibiscus Tart gives a seriously fan-gurly nod to this radical cohort of mana wāhine. It’s for all you bloody tarts out there doing the hard mahi, equalising the playing field, feeding the fam, calling the karanga, surviving, representing, past, present and future.
Carin Smeaton (Muaūpoko/Ngāti Hāmoa) has published poems in Landfall, Cordite, Spinoff, Turbine, Best New Zealand Poems, NZ Listener, and was the feature author in the 2024 issue of Poetry NZ. She is based in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland. Hibiscus Tart is her second collection of poetry.
Published by Titus Books, November 2024
Soft cover, 86 pages
145×195mm, upright
Wholesale $14.50 + GST
RRP $28.00
ISBN 9781738594511
Tart was a term aimed at wāhine toa who were confident, outspoken, and Indigenous – mana wāhine who were our nans, mums, aunties, and sisters. As staunch advocates for social justice, they questioned the establishment, including the literary gatekeepers of the time.
Hibiscus Tart gives a seriously fan-gurly nod to this radical cohort of mana wāhine. It’s for all you bloody tarts out there doing the hard mahi, equalising the playing field, feeding the fam, calling the karanga, surviving, representing, past, present and future.
Carin Smeaton (Muaūpoko/Ngāti Hāmoa) has published poems in Landfall, Cordite, Spinoff, Turbine, Best New Zealand Poems, NZ Listener, and was the feature author in the 2024 issue of Poetry NZ. She is based in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland. Hibiscus Tart is her second collection of poetry.
Published by Titus Books, November 2024
Soft cover, 86 pages
145×195mm, upright
Wholesale $14.50 + GST
RRP $28.00
ISBN 9781738594511
Tart was a term aimed at wāhine toa who were confident, outspoken, and Indigenous – mana wāhine who were our nans, mums, aunties, and sisters. As staunch advocates for social justice, they questioned the establishment, including the literary gatekeepers of the time.
Hibiscus Tart gives a seriously fan-gurly nod to this radical cohort of mana wāhine. It’s for all you bloody tarts out there doing the hard mahi, equalising the playing field, feeding the fam, calling the karanga, surviving, representing, past, present and future.
Carin Smeaton (Muaūpoko/Ngāti Hāmoa) has published poems in Landfall, Cordite, Spinoff, Turbine, Best New Zealand Poems, NZ Listener, and was the feature author in the 2024 issue of Poetry NZ. She is based in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland. Hibiscus Tart is her second collection of poetry.
Published by Titus Books, November 2024
Soft cover, 86 pages
145×195mm, upright
Praise
“Poetry that bears brave, hard-hitting witness to Aotearoa today, calls out its inequalities, spits at its abuses, sings of its cultural vibrancy, weaves with its surviving colours.”
—Tracey Slaughter
“Carin’s kupu come sideways, they break the rules, they respect the kuia and the power of slang, her poems are a testament to staying sly and aware, her angles are always a beautiful surprise, she embraces the ordinary and the divine, and biting into her mahi is to experience both, like popping candy let loose in the cage of the waha.”
—Talia Marshall