26 Mar 2017

The poetic landscape of Aotearoa 2017

From Standing Room Only, 2:40 pm on 26 March 2017
Poetry New Zealand: Yearbook 2017

Poetry New Zealand: Yearbook 2017. Photo: Supplied

The country's longest running poetry magazine has just put out issue 51, an impressive tally in anyone's book. Lynn Freeman spoke to Jack Ross who has edited Poetry New Zealand: Yearbook 2017, featuring new and well established writers. Jack has selected 125 new poems from hundreds submitted internationally, and supplemented them with essays and reviews by other writers keen to get people talking more about poetry.