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Funkhaus /

A queer / takatapui Maori writer living in Berlin, Germany since 2015, Hinemoana Baker brings a unique perspective both to and from the 'global North'. Drawing on the German meaning of the word 'funken' - to send a radio signal - her latest collection broadcasts unsettling songs...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, Hinemoana, 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wellington, New Zealand : Victoria University of Wellington Press, 2020.
Subjects:
New Zealand poetry.
Tuhinga auaha.
New Zealand poetry > 21st century.
Poetry.
Table of Contents:
  • Mother
  • If I had to sing
  • Flohmarkt
  • Fox
  • Bird order
  • The good ship
  • Aunties
  • Cousins
  • December
  • The mouth of the man from St Louis
  • Narcissist advice column
  • Narcissist alone
  • Narcissist dips a finger
  • Narcissist at lunch
  • Massive tunnel borer
  • When we hover
  • Balkonia
  • Waiata tangi
  • Waitangi Day
  • Look at what we fucking well have
  • Friday night
  • Knee, throat
  • Filling in the grave
  • He kanohi kitea
  • Pinocchio Rex
  • The fantasy of bringing an extinct species back to life
  • The night we finally killed him
  • Almanac
  • I have no retirement plan
  • Tongue
  • The typical lightning bolt
  • How to survive on a plinth
  • Funkhaus
  • One hit is not enough.