House & Contents

by Gregory O'Brien

Overview

A remarkable collection of poetry and paintings by acclaimed Wellington poet Gregory O’Brien.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781869409647
Publisher:	Auckland University Press
Publication date:	08/11/2022
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Gregory O’Brien is an independent writer, painter, and art curator. He has written many books of poetry, fiction, essays, and commentary.

Editorial Reviews

‘Since I taught Greg O’Brien almost forty years ago, his writing has matured and developed in cunning and wisdom; but it is still the work of the writer as I first encountered him. His combination of visual and verbal art was and is extraordinary. Greg loves beautiful things, and creates them of words and in paint. He has established his identity as poet, craftsman, painter, a sort of impresario of aesthetic order-in-disorder. Admired both at home and abroad, he is unique among New Zealand poets in the way he combines his two arts and makes them one, each enhancing the other. Bright, fresh and surprising, bordering on the surreal yet peculiar in its literalness, House & Contents is a challenge to the reader – one of rare quality and true originality.’ —C. K. Stead

From the Publisher