{"title":"Nathan Shepherdson","description":"\u003cp\u003eNathan Shepherdson's works invite readers into a richly imaginative world where poetry and prose blend seamlessly. His titles, including \u003cem\u003eAxolotl Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSoft Meteorites\u003c\/em\u003e, explore themes of transformation and the subtle interplay between nature and human experience, making them a compelling choice for lovers of arts and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShepherdson’s writing is marked by lyrical language and evocative imagery, offering a contemplative journey that challenges and delights. These books are perfect for readers seeking literary storytelling that resonates on both emotional and intellectual levels.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"soft-meteorites-by-nathan-shepherdson-9780645874563","title":"soft meteorites","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen assembling my work, I assembled myself, laid out on an autopsy table (of sorts). And \u003cem\u003esoft meteorites\u003c\/em\u003e presented itself as three themes - art, death, and friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003esoft meteorites\u003c\/em\u003e, Nathan Shepherdson has installed a type of two-way valve that attaches the page to the flesh. Moments are emptied of words then refilled with fresh observations. The pulse quietly excludes standard angles for a free-form geometry that collects spiralling perspectives. He sings inside the silence he listens to. Meditations are a material. Sometimes lean and elegant, almost emaciated. At other times, the complexities compound themselves under lingua-thermal pressure, moving very fast, jumping ship like a sailor who doesn't even know if the ocean is still there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWry smiles are laid out like the silver-plated cake forks inherited from your grandmother, tattered velvet a warm home for memories used only on special occasions. Memory and Memoriam are primary yet differentiated blocks by which Shepherdson's body is drawn but not yet quartered. Elastic hands reach into holes that aren't there to find the ones that are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe counterbalance is in the mood and gestures Shepherdson creates, which invite and repel the chaos which parades unnoticed in its endless supply of costumes. The question mark, inverted, bristles added to its profiled dome sweeps it all away with thinking. Falling is the secondary purpose of any cliff, small or large. Micro-shadows from dust disturbed form answers and shapes for capture and translation before they again settle into nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082568843500,"sku":"9780645874563","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/26191203482417.jpg?v=1765275646"},{"product_id":"axolotl-waltz-by-nathan-shepherdson-9781922571878","title":"Axolotl Waltz","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ei'd be lying if i was telling the truth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAxolotl Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e, Nathan Shepherdson steers a rusty trolley with its wobbly wheel as he haunts the aisles in the Supermarket of Casual Koans (SOCK). What he can't find, he invents, or at other times puts items back he bought months ago, on their same shelf, unopened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShepherdson is perhaps an outlier in Australian Poetry; he grows his own punctuation, turns water into accidental wit, and stares at the seeds of random ideas with a synthetic light in his eyes. Yet he understands that shadows are the perfect fabric for a new suit or old clothes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt seems the shooting stars he's looking for have blown their headlights, although he knows they are out there. There is a quiet darkness he weighs by the gram. He understands you need to throw the thing away in order to keep it. Earnestness is not a tune he can hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShepherdson has been known to patrol his own thoughts, half a full stop on his head. When he sees he's in trouble, he calls out to himself, dives in to save himself, then somehow manages to drag himself (plus the odd poem) back to shore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe lives in the constant reminder of his parent's example, when as a child, they explained to him, \"If you have a feather and a stone, you have an alphabet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383576019180,"sku":"9781922571878","price":57.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14129903482872.jpg?v=1773375614"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/nathan-shepherdson.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}