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That Derrida Whom I Derided Died: Poems 2013–2017

Penned By C.K. Stead
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That Derrida Whom I Derided Died: Poems 2013–2017

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A new collection from New Zealand’s most distinguished living poet.In his 85th year, C. K. Stead’s new collection leads us deep inside the life of the poet. He looks back at his younger self, remembering old loves and cringing at his ‘sonnets’ lugubrious rhyming’. He tells us of those who have gone – Derrida (‘that Derrida whom I derided died’) and Curnow (‘Allen’s as dead now / as an old friendcan be which is / hardly at all), Peter Porter and Lucien Freud. And he takes us along with him on the poetical life: from Dogshit Park in Budapest to a Zagreb bookshop to the Christchurch Festival. The collection includes a series of poems written while the author was poet laureate, including a sequence on World War I in which ‘the Ministry’ requests poems from our reluctant and sometimes defiant poet laureate.

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C.K. Stead writes contemporary fiction and has always been fascinated by character-driven stories. They hold a degree in English Literature and previously worked as an editor before transitioning to writing their own books. C.K. Stead lives with their spouse and a very vocal rescue cat.

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