{"title":"Kate Potts","description":"\u003cp\u003eKate Potts explores the intricate relationship between contemporary life and artistic expression, weaving narratives that delve into the nuances of creativity and culture. Her work often reflects a keen observation of the human experience through the lens of the arts, blending insightful commentary with compelling storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thought-provoking novels that challenge perceptions and celebrate the diverse textures of cultural identity. Potts’s writing invites a deeper appreciation for both the personal and societal impacts of art, making her books a captivating journey through the world of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"feral-by-kate-potts-9781780374161","title":"Feral","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems are luminous despatches from the charged, porous boundary between \u003cem\u003eanimal\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ehuman\u003c\/em\u003e. They pull apart and remake definitions and categorisations of wildness and civilisation, training their focus on the language we use to describe youth, social class, and the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom iron horses to grizzly bears, from deep-water fish to scanderoons, \u003cem\u003eFeral\u003c\/em\u003e roams the limits of power, language, and love. Cinematic, playful, edgy, tender, startlingly imaginative and strange, \u003cem\u003eFeral\u003c\/em\u003e's voices carve out a space in the borderlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKate Potts' \u003cem\u003eWhichever Music\u003c\/em\u003e was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice in 2008 and shortlisted for a Michael Marks Award. Her first book-length collection, \u003cem\u003ePure Hustle\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Bloodaxe in 2011. \u003cem\u003eFeral\u003c\/em\u003e is her second collection and is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntricate, vital-tender, dazzling work - Potts' poetry sings even as it bares its teeth.\u003c\/em\u003e - Eley Williams on \u003cem\u003eFeral\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460828610796,"sku":"9781780374161","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781780374161-feral.jpg?v=1774953180"},{"product_id":"pretenders-by-kate-potts-9781780377308","title":"Pretenders","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePretenders\u003c\/em\u003e, her third book of poetry, Kate Potts asks: what is it like, as a daily, lived experience, to feel like a fraud or a fake? And what can 'the imposter phenomenon'—a sense that our true abilities and achievements, and other core aspects of our identities, are unreal, undeserved or mistakenly bestowed—tell us about who we are and how we relate to one another?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough lively and vivid poetic monologues drawn from original interview material, and through original poetry, \u003cem\u003ePretenders\u003c\/em\u003e begins to consider individual feelings and experiences of fraudulence, pretence and persona in a wider social and historical context. The varied, hesitant, questing voices build to create a bold and innovative chorus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePretenders\u003c\/em\u003e shines a light on our value systems and hierarchies, unsettling notions of 'realness', self-assurance, and the self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461306237164,"sku":"9781780377308","price":48.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781780377308-pretenders.jpg?v=1774964280"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/kate-potts.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}